jpdb beta

Keiko

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load; eject button

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systematically; in turn; consequentially; mechanically; automatically

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nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib

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Look for a big tree when you want shelter; Serve the powerful for your own good

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order in which songs, etc. are played (in playlist, set list, etc.)

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Americanization; Americanisation

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silly mistake; careless mistake

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to suddenly assume an antagonistic attitude; to suddenly become defiant; to turn aggressive (in one's manner); to moon; to point one's naked buttocks at someone; to give somebody the brown-eye

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to signal the winner of a match (by the referee raising his fan towards the winner); to declare someone the winner (of a competition)

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Nayo

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falling plump; falling down flat

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small breasts

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Columbus' egg

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frame in

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it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all

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to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up somebody (something) to ridicule; to pierce with a spear

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continuing at a high level; remaining high

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goby (fish)

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trial listening (e.g. to a record before buying); audition

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shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

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relationships formed by wealth will end when the money ends; the relationship ends when the money runs out; the end of money is the end of love

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easy-to-beat game; (something) easy to do; trivial thing

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tit for tat

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speech impediment; speech disorder

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dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)

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because; the reason why is

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to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing

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still better; even better

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to stand to reason

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horse tack; horse gear; harness

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vision of the future

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going bye-byes; going beddy-byes; baby; childish person (esp. a young woman)

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triumphant (over a mediocre achievement); boastful; (lit.) as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck

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hamachi; young Japanese amberjack; young yellowtail

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to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought

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to be second to none (in)

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focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; viewpoint; point one is trying to make

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what's done is done; it is no use crying over spilt milk; (lit.) spilt water won't go back into its tray

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inflammatory words

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strike while the iron is hot

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unity of rider and horse

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things depend on how you look at them

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to reveal one's (poor) upbringing (through poor manners, etc.); to betray one's origin; to give oneself away

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anachronism

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a certain month

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quick to seize an opportunity

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precocious brat

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individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)

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anarchy

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