jpdb beta

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

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to love

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humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners

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town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

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and then; after that

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just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

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illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

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to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

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if; in case; supposing

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to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

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that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?

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so much; so; like that

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to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

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to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

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these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)

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barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)

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tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe

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on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway

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someone; somebody

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grace (of God); divine favour; benefit; efficacy

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useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts

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drinking party; get-together

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head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

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most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest

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what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?

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abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

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on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually

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(not) very; (not) much

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senior high school; high school

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normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station

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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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new graduate; recent graduate

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father; dad; husband; you; he

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company; corporation; workplace

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to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

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hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

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to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

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illustrator

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to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

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success; hit

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competition

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prize; award

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to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

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design

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office

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ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat

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no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

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by myself; in person; by oneself

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ahead; before; ago

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huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

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