jpdb beta

change; alteration; modification

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high-handed; overbearing

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face; looks; vestiges; trace

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haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion

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state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

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to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

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paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

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displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment

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(short) rest; breather; break

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to make merry; to be festive

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hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa

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approval; license; licence; permission

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to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

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to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)

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remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland

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bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

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loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness

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bag; satchel; briefcase; basket

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caller; visitor; company; guest

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friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship

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to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

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suffix for familiar person

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infancy; childhood; tender age

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which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...

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between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish

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ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source

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exit from a room

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dim; gloomy

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gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal

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one room

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light source

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to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

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above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth

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to crouch; to squat; to cower

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mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable

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manly; masculine; like a man

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prosperous; flourishing; thriving; muscular; brawny

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one or two sizes (bigger, etc.); one or two levels (better, more mature, etc.)

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life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation

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to look around; to survey

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

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-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be

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to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

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setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage

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to be related by blood

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mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

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to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

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the second time

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merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism

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