jpdb beta

inside story; the real story (behind something); story not generally known

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Hodo Station (news program on Asahi television)

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good evening

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case; situation

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outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

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omitted character; omitted letter

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misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum

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good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

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input; (data) entry

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simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together

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program (e.g. TV); programme

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this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness

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to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face

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important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

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hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

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mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin

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handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness

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of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless

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recovery; restoration

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condition; situation; prospects

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to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

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head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top

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shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

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comedy; funny show

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space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)

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ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

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funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

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cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

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dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

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after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

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personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR

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what to do

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to pick up; to find; to gather

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to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss

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papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy

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rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom

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then; well then; if so

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burn; scald

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one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

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rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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cold rice; hanger-on; dependent; disgraced former actor

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whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

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to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

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as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie

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divorce

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reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être

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above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

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sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

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feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment

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