jpdb beta

very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly

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poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

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suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

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to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

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club activities; extracurricular activities

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to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

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just now; a moment ago; this very minute

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horn; alarm; whistle; foghorn

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(train) departure bell

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outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough

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woman

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dramatic

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(non-documentary) television series; teledrama; television drama; television play; video drama

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to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)

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roadside; wayside

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wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

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Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!

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large family; extended family

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

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promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first

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senior high school; high school

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summer festival

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it is not (like that) either

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stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes

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diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily

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approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

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

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precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

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ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

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sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish

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visit to a grave

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parents; both parents

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to be able (to); to be possible (to)

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to survive; to live long

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police officer

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to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

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to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

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double suicide; lovers' suicide

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living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

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to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)

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father

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cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)

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boy; son; baby boy; young man

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poor; unsatisfactory; inadequate; cold; chilly

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to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

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Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

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in front of a station

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to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl

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to come and stay; to drop in; to visit

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