jpdb beta

fast (worker); fast in forming relationships with women; quick to resort to violence; quick to turn violent

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left shoulder

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(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)

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to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen

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owner

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change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment

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after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after

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please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of

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uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently

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since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman

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I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason

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familiar spirit; familiar

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a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat

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reason; logic; sense; truth; right

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indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)

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unnecessary; unneeded

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increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less

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good humour (humor); good mood

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to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

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to take back; to recapture

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show; display; pretensions; pose; posture

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to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with

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any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away

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to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match

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to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable

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to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

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villain; baddie; the villain's part

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seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

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to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle

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unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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older brother and younger sister

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for this very reason; that is exactly why

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line

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to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of

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if so; in that case; in that situation

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to pamper; to spoil

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to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

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elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

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brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

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bullying; teasing

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being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image

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changing schools

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point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

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to scurry home; to run home; to fly back

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bully

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at that time; in those days

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result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following

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to be imaginable; to be conceivable

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junior high school student; middle school pupil

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