jpdb beta

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

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head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

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private person; individual

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good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do

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spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion

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to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

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joke; playfulness; kidding around

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licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up

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serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

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foreign visitor; foreign guest

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visitor; caller

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whatever

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appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre

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dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon

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loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home

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in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)

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other people; others

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to lack in common sense

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evening; night; nighttime

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peak; peek

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to reach; to get to; to arrive at

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not the norm; foolish; stupid

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phantom; vision; illusion

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sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

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year in, year out; always; 24-7

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... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...

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nostalgic

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counter seat; seat at the counter

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past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40

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to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)

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plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

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visitor (to a shop or restaurant); customer (visiting a store or restaurant); patron

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bell (often globular)

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honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation

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does not seem (to be)

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to take up employment

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it's been a long time; long time no see

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standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal

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to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around

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-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)

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black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface

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cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

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novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away

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at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity

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sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.

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youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess

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old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

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taboo

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half killed

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query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

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