jpdb beta

rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match

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subordinate work; assistant; servant

3

little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)

3

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

3

adult; grown-up

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to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)

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to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

1

means; way; measure

1

as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

1

way; method; means

1

instead; but (on the other hand)

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cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping

1

to bet money

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painful experience

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the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life)

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however; because; as

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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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thirteen; 13; king (playing card)

1

limit; bounds

1

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

2

by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate

1

fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool

3

skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

3

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

3

to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)

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a certain ...; some ...

3

for fun; half in jest

1

early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly

2

both parents

1

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

2

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

2

professional duties

1

faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true

1

to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

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fishermen

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perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

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to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

3

meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview

1

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

3

to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse

1

carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky

1

to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question

1

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

1

to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)

1

(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups

1

exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail

1

forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money

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dining

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hospitality; treating like a guest

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as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

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