jpdb beta

laboratory; seminar room; professor's office

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office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)

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animation; animated film; animated cartoon; anime

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primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive

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(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes

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dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

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Parent-Teacher Association; PTA

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to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)

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to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

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Stephen King

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childhood

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other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for

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to begin to walk; to set out

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to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

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to help each other; to cooperate

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to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)

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extreme situation

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impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag

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to draw (identifiably)

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to mutually recognize; to agree; to accept

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Boris

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Corsica (France)

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same village; same town; same province

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circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

1

that's a different matter; that's a different story

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how long; how far; how much

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10,000,000,000; ten billion

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probability theory

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to write a novel

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this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

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having experienced (something); having had the experience (of)

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to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered

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youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess

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punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop

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smooth; flat; featureless; uneventful; noppera-bō; mythical being with flat featureless face

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joining a group

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writing (e.g. as a profession)

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to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

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imprinting; stenciling

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taking part (in planning); participation

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your husband; her husband

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particularly; only; in the case of

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workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

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the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it

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bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

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business

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for (some) doubtful points to remain

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enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ

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second daughter

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