jpdb beta

metropolis; big city

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hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

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was

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care; precaution; guarding; caution

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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

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(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture

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boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless

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something like ...; something called ...

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dispersing; breaking up; running away

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suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly

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quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt

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way; method; means; resource; course

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kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer

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to finish; to graduate

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tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability

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proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)

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with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

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one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances

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means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

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prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)

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here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

3

aha!; yes sir

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to move (house); to change residence

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pitfall; trap; pit

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postman; mailman; letter carrier; mail carrier

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upturned eyes

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bride

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shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

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smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation

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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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this sort of

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to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other

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to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

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to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour

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skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

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limit; bound

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to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

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to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

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to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile

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both fists

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(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

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tip of one's nose

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munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)

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to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

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to bring someone along

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chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees

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restlessly; in continuous motion

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puffed up; plump

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