jpdb beta

to get information out of a person; to begin listening

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average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually

1

marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials

2

going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)

1

to grant permission; to give permission

1

holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)

1

congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!

1

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

2

family; members of a family

5

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

1

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

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pebble

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to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

1

to skin (one's knee); to graze; to scratch

1

road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)

1

large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)

1

to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

1

tall (of a person)

1

youngest daughter

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to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that

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indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

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to follow another's example

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favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

2

to change

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to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

1

week

2

platform; home; home base; home plate

8

to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim

1

fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success

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early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar

3

to stretch (one's body)

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to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

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to wave one's hand

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hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

2

personal history; career

1

... all over again (repeating the same failure)

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various

2

cooperation; coordination; link

1

in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)

2

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

1

opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)

1

each nation; many nations; many countries

1

general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

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beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

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elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding

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to solve a mystery

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engine; agency; organisation; system; facility

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establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)

2

leadership; initiative; spearhead

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