jpdb beta

subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge

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to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

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zip fastener; zipper; zip; chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill)

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threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

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fastener; zipper

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to close; to shut

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trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing

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to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

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to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

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to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

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unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic

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secret talk

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to tell (somebody) to (do something)

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to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage

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to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

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phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo

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to overeat

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figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus

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dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)

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retort; sealed plastic pouch typically containing ready-made sauce or stew; boil-in-the-bag; retort; glass vessel used for distillation (now largely obs.)

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cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood

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chazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it

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willpower; energy; vitality

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tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion

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pre-made (esp. food); prepared in advance

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appetite (for food)

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to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

5

H; h; indecent; lewd; (having) sex; nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)

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to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked

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to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)

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capacity; volume; capacitance

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cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required

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enough about ...

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to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect

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darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

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20 years old; (arch.) twenty

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half past (the hour)

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limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)

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breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)

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to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam

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prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

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permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize

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ingredient; foodstuff

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in a bad temper; cranky; crabby

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female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress

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sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around

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same sex

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going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease

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be; is

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figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design

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