jpdb beta

surely; certainly

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having a strong alkaline taste; harsh to the taste; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic

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hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm

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this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

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fantasy

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isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

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Denney; Dennie; Denny

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acupuncturist

5

Alfred

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to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

2

you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)

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to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)

2

to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

1

eight; 8

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(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence

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to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

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but; however; although

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

nine; 9

1

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

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management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

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account; history; notice; note; Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters

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

1

dull; uninteresting; boring; drab

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title

3

considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty

1

last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

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until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

2

was; were

2

nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...

1

opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke

1

editorial department

1

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

1

something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?

1

be; is

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cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)

1

lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)

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autumn zephyrlily (Zephyranthes candida); white rain lily; strings of beads hanging across a doorway; bead screen

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to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)

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how; in what way; how about; questionable

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will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

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ten; 10; ten years of age

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point in time; occasion

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illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture

2

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

3

what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

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picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

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to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

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

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