jpdb beta

since when; from when; how long

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self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent

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room

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creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention

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cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying

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to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

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to strip and leave clothes lying around

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what

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motherland; fatherland; native country

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elderly handyman; elderly manservant

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scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding

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sister-in-law

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to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

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very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best

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reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin

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snow country

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to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

2

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

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stray dog

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tooth

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naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt

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threat; intimidation; menace

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to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

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curious; strange; unusual

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G-pen

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gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over

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to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)

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but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

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gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply

2

sweet; sugary

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to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself

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to come off; to slip down; to slip off

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magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number

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such ... as; or some such

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condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner

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illusion

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if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

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accident

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fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)

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to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

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easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic

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situation

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early

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to watch steadily; to stare

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double tooth; protruding tooth (like a fang); high canine

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will not do; do not; does not

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age; years

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(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

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outward appearance

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very young; little; childish; immature

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