jpdb beta

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

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to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on

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one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money

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to laugh scornfully

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personal history; career

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book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

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to bind; to file; to top with egg (e.g. donburi)

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about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

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extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd

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vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry

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from the beginning

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to begin to tremble

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rope

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rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

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adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

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rain and wind; driving rain

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to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)

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partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse

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landlord; landlady

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fire fighting; extinguishing a fire

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unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom

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inhabitant; resident; citizen; population

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omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct

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arson; setting fire

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on-the-site inspection

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submersion; inundation; being flooded

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landlord; landlady

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homeless person; vagabond; tramp

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to be at a loss; to be puzzled

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to burn to a crisp; to scorch

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old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate

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night duty room

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clubroom

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attendance (at school); going to school

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route; way; course; directions

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to lose one's way; to get lost

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to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

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back seat (of a car); rear seat

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to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

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somewhere to go; place to go

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lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

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deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority

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staying one night

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bowl of rice; meal

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to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder

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in addition; besides

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to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

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if you like; if you prefer; if it suits you; if ... doesn't suit you; if you don't like ...; if ... doesn't take your fancy

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ox or whale penis, used as a tonic or aphrodisiac

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