jpdb beta

progress; pace; carriage; step; stage

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chore; odd job

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unskilled labor; simple labor; menial job

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daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer

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laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie

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to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

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busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety

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unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

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to stifle a smile, yawn, etc.; to bite to death

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knitting; knitted material; crochet

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satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

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waste of time; killing time

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official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open

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too much; excessive; too

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to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly

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to stretch (one's body)

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person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser

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one's daily life; condition; well-being; standing and sitting; movements

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outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

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new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

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to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy

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tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den

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to hold something reverently with both hands

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tea set

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baked sweets

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to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

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lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

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guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

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confections; sweets; candy; cake

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to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

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tasting; sampling

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wheat flour

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crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid

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texture (e.g. chewiness, hardness, crispiness, crunchiness, etc.) of food

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confectionery; sweets; candy; cake

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to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.

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fruit of a tree; nut; berry

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warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money

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to pluck; to pick; to nip off

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to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat

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sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake

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delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient

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herbal tea; herb tea; tisane

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presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...

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little by little

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adaptation; accommodation; conformity

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third day of the month; three days

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from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best

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present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

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to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

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