jpdb beta

shaku; flat wooden or ivory baton carried in the right hand when in ceremonial imperial or Shinto garb

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up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

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decision; agreement

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person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager

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

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unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

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going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work

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mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother

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to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

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doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples

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to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)

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to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

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to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss

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training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

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definite; sure

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learning; study

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blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

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hakama; man's formal divided skirt

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(arch.) kariginu (informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards); (during the Edo period) patterned kariginu

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way of wearing; way one wears a garment

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way of thinking

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Jinja Honcho (Association of Shinto Shrines)

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to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to

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another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

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things; everything

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format; procedure; way of proceeding

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applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer

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short course; training

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country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

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house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

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to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

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given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

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reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

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evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights

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teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

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to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor

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very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

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cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound

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component; element; part

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to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)

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only; sole; unique

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last position; previous job; predecessor

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due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work

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feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy

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but; however; provided that

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gradually; slowly but steadily

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twenty-five

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sexagenary cycle (60-year cycle of 12 animal zodiac and 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar); 12-year Chinese zodiac

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older; senior

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youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

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