jpdb beta

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

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this week

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then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

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hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

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to have a talk; to tell a story

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hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.

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weekend

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indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation

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Friday

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milo; grain sorghum

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pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead

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bragging; showing off; pride

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that's so, isn't it

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distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly

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ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)

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to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

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painful experience

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disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

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instead of; replacing; on behalf of

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to gather; to collect; to assemble

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Thursday

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clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

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to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

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training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha

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practical; businesslike

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memorial service for the dead; holding a service

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every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each

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to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

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unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of

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term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)

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ancient times; distant past; antiquity

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Babylonia; Babylon

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day of the week

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general idea; concept; notion

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ancient Egypt

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period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

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to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

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holiday; day off

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worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class

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Christianity

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permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis

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farming; agriculture; cultivation

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slack season for farmers; leisure season for farmers

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to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

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custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)

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sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing

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Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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and then; and so; and; so then

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vexing; irritating; impatient

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working hours; man-hours

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