jpdb beta

reading (books)

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old woman

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partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing

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hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

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concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works

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numeral; figure; digit; numeric character

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enumeration; citation; listing

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six; 6

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father; dad; husband; you; he

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bill; handbill; flier; flyer; leaflet; poster

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symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

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commercial affairs

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the number of flat things; win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers

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plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

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to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

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calculator (electronic); pocket calculator

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indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution

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numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)

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seventy; 70

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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one week

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just a minute; small quantity

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betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

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address book

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contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

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notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding

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friend

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long ago; already; a long time ago

3

paying one's own way

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to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

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to look upward

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tip of one's nose

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to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin

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system; institution; organization; organisation

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isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

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labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

3

to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

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throughout Japan

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effect; result; worth; use; avail

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theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan

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philosophical

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to take one's eyes off

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escape; evasion; flight

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to be comfortable; to be easy; to be relaxed; to be cosseted

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nonchalantly; without a care

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scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle

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automatic door

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tall (of a person)

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casual; unconcerned; nonchalant

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stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification

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