jpdb beta

to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown

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exactly right!; indeed; damn straight

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ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)

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to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

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breakfast

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to become hungry; to get an empty stomach

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fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg

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to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

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good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

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fast-talking; rapid talking

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bam; whomp; thump

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to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

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just a little

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ringtone

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to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

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number; series of digits

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to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble

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hey; hold on; come on

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to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable

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illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

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rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly

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school nurse

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lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)

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(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth

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call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)

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in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but

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if is not; if are not

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it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...

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

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pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

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proper; respectable; decent; honest

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indicates being the subject or receiver of an action, decision, etc.; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)

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(on the) sea; surface of the sea

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fish

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sea bream (esp. Pagrus major); porgy

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flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus); person who sucks up to superiors; toady

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eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving

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on board a ship; aboard a ship

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(marriage) proposal

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no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

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to mistake (for something or someone else); to be unable to recognize

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essence; true nature; substance; reality

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value; worth; merit

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possible; potential; practicable; feasible

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life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

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soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable

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way of calling (something or someone)

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to face (a situation); to encounter; to be confronted with

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really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely

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chance (of success); odds

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