jpdb beta

protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

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Sit-up

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to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

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to take the bus

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private management

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library

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rucksack; knapsack; backpack

1

to pack one's things

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ticket

2

bus terminal

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jersey (fabric); jersey; (sports) uniform; Jersey (cattle)

1

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent

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purse; handbag; wallet

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credit card

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to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

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cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating

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hot spring district (within a town)

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live-in (e.g. job)

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recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)

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night train

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3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

3

minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

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Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)

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departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

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Ueno Park

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departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving

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little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak

1

random; aimless

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dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

4

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

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dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy

2

cooked rice; meal

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Ueno Station

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dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point

1

being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery

1

rather; better

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the exact opposite

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to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)

1

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

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confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

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indecent; obscene

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to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs

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social networking service; SNS

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account

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reply (esp. on Twitter)

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anonymity; using an assumed name

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direct mail; direct message

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instability; insecurity; crankiness

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bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely

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to cease; to stop; to be over

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