jpdb beta

finish; completion; the end

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reply; answer; response

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call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question

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before long

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each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage

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to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

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to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together

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gradually

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to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

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dusk; twilight

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serious; grave; dignified; solemn

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to gulp down (a drink); to slurp

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to defeat

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old age; oncoming age

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to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

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a cut above the rest; superior; one field; one matter; suitably; reasonably

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dementia

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percent; percentage

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ninety; 90

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mankind; humanity

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senility; dotage; decrepitude

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completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

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pleased to make your acquaintance

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to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen

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particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially

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well, I must admit ...

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other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha

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firm; determined; resolute; conclusive

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order; command; directions; instructions

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must not; should not; do not

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pride; dignity; self-respect

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food; foodstuff; prey; victim

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residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

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neighbourhood; neighborhood

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to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)

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evening breeze

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particle; grain

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to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open

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kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)

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seems; I guess

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unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

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to like; to prefer

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to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind

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to dig up and expose (a secret, hidden crime, etc.)

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to spy out; to smell out

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hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret

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being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly

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to say; to tell; to state; to do

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to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

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old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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