jpdb beta

sitting between the host and guest of honour at a drinking party (honor); companion

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book bound in Japanese style

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similar story; variant tale

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to circumcise (someone)

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Prey

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having gone too far to turn back

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seasoned nori (laver)

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osteoporosis

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(male) circumcision

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I'm sorry to have kept you waiting

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boohoo; boo hoo; sniff sniff; sob sob; waa waa

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group discussion

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to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says

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to continue without end; to go on to eternity

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measure; step; action

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hereabouts; around there; that area

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to shave off (esp. concrete); to take a percentage; to take a cut

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rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality); clangor

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to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

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xiaolongbao (eastern Chinese steamed bun); soup dumpling

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employee's work day

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little by little; step by step

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taste; liking; preference

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giving (someone) a peek (of skin, underwear, etc.); giving a glimpse

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children's house; child welfare residential facility

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hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope

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workaholic

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slight; minor; trifling; considerable; proper; decent

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too good (for a child, to be true, etc.); overproduction (e.g. of crops); making too much

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search term; search word

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one's whole heart; everything one feels

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swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is

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unable to concentrate on (due to distractions, etc.)

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reading but not responding to a text message (in a chat application); leaving (someone) on read

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testicles

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falling asleep; going to sleep

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shoelace; bootlace

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Zen monk's early morning meal; refreshment; cakes; simple Chinese food; dim sum

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dad; daddy; papa; father

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leaving work; clocking out

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fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus); Alaskan fur seal

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labia majora

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to put in tune

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keeping an eye on people's belongings (so they don't get stolen)

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transfer of control

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to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against

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with a patting motion; lightly (tapping); (sticking) fast; firmly; sloshing (liquid); swaying

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indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

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the body is honest; your body reveals what you really think (or want)

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to make contact

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