jpdb beta

guitar

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(writing) song lyrics

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to have an interest (in)

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association of like-minded people

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to cling

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summer vacation; summer holiday

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ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

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teacher; instructor; professor

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special training; intensive training; crash course

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songstress; diva

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to drag in; to pull in

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January; first month of the lunar calendar

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inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation

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hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs

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to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

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unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

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blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)

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amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

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noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

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tuning

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to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck

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boy; son; baby boy; young man

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impulse; impetus; urge

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to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

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tool; implement; means; furniture

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business school (in a university); faculty of commerce

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student (esp. a university student)

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many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

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student affairs office

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how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

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to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit

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to mishear

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resignation; acceptance; consolation

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sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly

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to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained

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feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection

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hello; good day; good afternoon

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Yanagihara

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what's the matter?; what's wrong?

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the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way

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hard to reach place; remote place

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fishing; collecting shells; fisherman

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suffix for building numbers

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story; tale; talk; discussion

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to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

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one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy

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acquaintance

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eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before

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impregnable

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smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

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