jpdb beta

raising (the standard)

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be; is

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principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders

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labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

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measurement error; calculation error

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bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

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Vienna sausage cut in the shape of an octopus

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kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce

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fruit jelly (gelled with konjac starch); fruit jello

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furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

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box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables); highest-ranking division; intermission (between acts); interlude

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favourite dish (favorite); favourite food

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influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

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head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

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to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)

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

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escalation

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now; nowadays

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at times; occasionally

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in its entirety; whole; wholly

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Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

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chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce

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tingling; stinging; pungently

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seven delicious flavors (flavours); blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.); shichimi

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indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

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mom's home cooking; taste of mom's cooking; taste of home cooking; food like mom used to make

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thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal

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I can tell you; heh

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eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)

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strategy; tactics

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nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty

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effective; successful

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to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight

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to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

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lack of sleep; insufficient sleep

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something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

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to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough

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ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

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sharp ear; long ears; ability to remember everything one hears

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udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles

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shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

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proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)

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sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)

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two-top (soccer formation); formation with two forwards at the front line

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healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace

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to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with

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to feel at ease

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corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

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to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind

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straight line; beeline

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