jpdb beta

summer festival

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display of fireworks; firework(s) display

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to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch

3

special seat; box seat

1

night sky

2

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

2

contrastive

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to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

1

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

2

negotiations; discussions; connection

1

to be prolonged; to drag on

1

carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone

2

seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone

2

other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition

1

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

1

vicious circle; vicious cycle

2

child

1

truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance

2

only daughter

1

alone; unaided; away from home

1

Europe

1

migration; immigration

1

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

1

ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

1

thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

1

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

1

public performance; exhibition in a foreign country

1

return; coming back

3

tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

2

easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

2

to leave (something) undone; to neglect (a duty, task, etc.); to break (a promise, appointment, etc.); to stand (someone) up

2

here; with this

1

violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement

1

to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

1

(not) even once; (not) ever

2

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

2

one year and a half

1

self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

1

to come and stay; to drop in; to visit

1

tour

1

staff; stuff; stuffing; filling

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

1

approximately the same

1

had better ...; had better not ...

1

terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

1

boarding; check-in

1

finale

1

running continuously; firing in rapid succession

1