jpdb beta

cooked rice; meal

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miso soup

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to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself

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correction; rectification; mending; repair

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clothes; clothing; garments

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sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

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pocket

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sum total; total amount

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lip balm; lip salve; chapstick

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honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

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plus; addition; positive (number); plus sign; positive symbol; advantage; plus

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endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

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that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so

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to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped

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to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)

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(dying of) natural causes

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same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence

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to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside

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housekeeper

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employer

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stress

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putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards

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if; in case; supposing

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had better ...; had better not ...

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is not; am not; are not

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oneself; one's body

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mother

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full-time housewife; stay-at-home homemaker

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to continue to work; to work away (at)

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meaning; called; said

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to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill

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sisters

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outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

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to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop

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like; similar to; as with; in the same way

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home; household; family; hearth

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as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is

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vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; (eating) with a crunch; stiff; starchy; (working) hard

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activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor

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compatibility; coexistence; standing together; balancing (e.g. work and family)

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marriage due to unintended pregnancy; shotgun wedding

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university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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leaving school during a term

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to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

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serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere

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to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

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frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

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disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

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very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

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direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...

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