jpdb beta

public relations department (section, office)

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hardness; firmness

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with meals

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cocoa powder

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file cabinet; filing cabinet; shelf of documents

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remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard

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sorry to bother you, but ...

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to burst open; to open suddenly (of a door); to change completely; to do a 180

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tea bag

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cutting in line; queue jumping

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graduate student; insei; apprentice go professional

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to happen to pass by

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to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise

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to age; to grow old

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large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)

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to graduate from a university

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to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

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being upright and cleanhanded

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to show

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homemade

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televising; broadcasting; airing

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newspaper story (article, account)

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Akira

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performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

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alma mater

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whiteboard

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taking up a new post

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marshmallow

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vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)

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major subject; special study

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second hand (of clock)

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to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable

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to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle

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to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve

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to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

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unlocking

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Netherlands; Holland

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reward; honorarium; remuneration

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under the floor

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to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about

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to draw a line

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ransom

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television station

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having no idea; having no clue

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white (bleached) bone; skeleton

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Friday

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as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

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to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)

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to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on

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tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

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