jpdb beta

mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

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typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model

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both parties; both sides

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all that one has; all that there is; the whole

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to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

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showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

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decisive battle; deciding match; play-off

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armistice; ceasefire

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short break; breather

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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pause; suspension; rest; stoppage

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reopening; resumption; restarting

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anchorage; anchoring; mooring

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beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly

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study; diligence; discount; reduction

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calculation; computation

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(short) rest; breather; break

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black and white; right and wrong

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to remain unsold; to be left on the shelf

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to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

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little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old

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description; describing; depicting

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older brother and younger sister

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sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

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regret; repentance; remorse

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coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair; type; sort; lineage; breeding

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endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever

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before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to

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ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over

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to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything

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distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without

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continuous service

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number of years

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university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

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student (esp. a university student)

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not only ... (but also); not just; as well as

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moving out; transfer

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serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of

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unofficial announcement

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bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

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firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn

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big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

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receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)

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that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

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mixing of public and private affairs; mixing business with personal affairs; mixing work and private matters

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yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing

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end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all

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to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience

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inspection; examination; survey

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one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years

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