jpdb beta

brochure; pamphlet

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graduation ceremony; commencement

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professional player (sports); pro

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not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether

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to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

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New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year

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to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

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intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly

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opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling

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iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)

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to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

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to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

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to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

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to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden

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metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing

1

to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)

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to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

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to become frayed; to become loose

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to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

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hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

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condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

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compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration

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essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)

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narrow escape from death

2

burial

2

grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)

1

question; query

1

guard; watchman

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real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope

1

depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

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one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

2

to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight

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incense stick

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portrait of deceased person

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duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

3

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

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Chiba (city, prefecture)

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Koshien Stadium, a baseball stadium in Koshien which is the venue of the annual high school baseball tournaments; High school baseball in Japan, the tournaments generally referred to as Kōshien, named after the stadium; Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, a neighborhood of Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan

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purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele

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relative; relation

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gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance

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to take a picture

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moaning; muttering; complaining

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facetious; droll; funny

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Akiko

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wink

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telephone dating or sex service; sex chat line

2

university student; college student

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elm bark clothes traditionally worn by the Ainu; elm bark textile

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tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?

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