jpdb beta

perfect; complete; thorough; leaving nothing to be desired; more than satisfactory

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to be embarrassed for a reply

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mother

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to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself

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full operation (e.g. factory, machine, reactor); full strength; full speed

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trifle; insignificant thing; (only) this much

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to cut out; to clip from; to extract

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vexing; irritating; impatient

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to become desperate; to give in to despair

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being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

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even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still

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mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for

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old girl; former female student; alumna; office girl

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GI (soldier in the US Army); G.I.

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(turned out) all right in the end

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to think of; to come up with

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throughout Japan

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kneecap

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to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles

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another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand

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such ... as; or some such

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it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

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young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival

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enumeration; list

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enemy

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to detest; to abhor; to loathe

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to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

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grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

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truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer

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generation; lifetime; age

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to build up; to establish (one's reputation)

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

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one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

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to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

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sensual love; love affair

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affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders

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grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

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wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

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marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons

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pole; climax; extreme; extremity

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small; little; few

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number of copies; circulation

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at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

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that's so, isn't it

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to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)

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after that (a substantive change occurred)

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to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)

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grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely

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grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

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