jpdb beta

to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

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police reporter

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outskirts (of a town); run-down district

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farmer; farming family; farmhouse

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only daughter

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contract; compact; agreement

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cultivation

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chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

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to care for someone; to look after someone

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marriageable age; chance of marriage

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to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

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death; the next world; to pass away; to die

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for the first time in one's life

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that night; that evening; over the course of the evening

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to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

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under the influence of alcohol

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thirteen; 13; king (playing card)

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mimicking someone's speech; imitating someone's way of speaking; mimicry

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patience; endurance

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almost; roughly; approximately

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to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

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junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

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(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)

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black rim; black edge

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small mustache; short mustache

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to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)

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news

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to invite; to show (someone) in

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blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space

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cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

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lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

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to be finished; to be completed; to be done

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to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)

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discoverer

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plain; plateau; tableland

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meaning; called; said

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relatively; comparatively

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blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative

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person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

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scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

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to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

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without holding anything back; mercilessly; relentlessly; energetically; vigorously

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not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether

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sobriety; soberness; sober face

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shy

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(a) little; somewhat; somehow

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wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward

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having in mind; happening to know of; idea

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someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person

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to report; to notify

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