jpdb beta

these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)

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mahjong tile

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baby powder

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rental

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to cover (with something)

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success; prosperity; boom

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unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed

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to shut the lid

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karaoke bar

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karaoke

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in public; in company

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to be scared

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to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy

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you could say that

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sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness

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battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

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to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

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call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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learning about the world; preparation for life in the community; work experience

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edge (brow) of mountain

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blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignoramus

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medal; shield; card on which dharani (etc.) are written; notice board (in a Zen temple); tile (mahjong, dominos, etc.)

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whack; smack

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one by one; one after another; successively

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abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!

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lung

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this (very thing); this precisely

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old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch

4

luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence; something consumed for taste or stimulant effect rather than nourishment

2

feeling rough (of the throat); irritated

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which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon

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to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

2

fierce attack

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police cell; place of detention; jail

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return to one's country

4

another shop, store, or firm

2

on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time

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to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom

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bee; wasp; hornet

1

to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage

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chandelier

1

to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

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new

1

going concern; stocks and all; goods and furniture included

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to rub together (e.g. one's hands)

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muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness

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to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

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migraine

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to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

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twice; again; second time

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