jpdb beta

starting point; starting line

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30th day of the month; 30 days

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ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony

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mutual enemies

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each field; various circles

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son of a distinguished family; son of a noble

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pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting

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coward

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to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet

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financial world; business circles

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that's got nothing to do with me; that's none of my business; that doesn't involve me

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to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful

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completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp

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to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on

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brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person

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to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki

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to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

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brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

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condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on

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bureau director; office chief

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post; official position; managerial position; executive position

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higher rank; better position

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clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire

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to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective

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wedding hall; marriage hall; wedding place; wedding location

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romantic

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extreme; extremity

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to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

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glassware

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louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice

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to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out; to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from; to scold; to criticize severely; to train ruthlessly

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financial power; financial means; wealth

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family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

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distinguished family; good family; great master; expert; Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke

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to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike

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social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family

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to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

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if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

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(I am) not sure; (I) can't say which

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commandant; commanding officer; general

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robotics; robot

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to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)

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lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great

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dinosaur

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ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan

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plastic model

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actually; in fact; as a matter of fact

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unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that

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skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

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