jpdb beta

vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel

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rumor; rumour; gossip; report

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scar

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peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades

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to comfort one another; to offer each other consolation

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vicious circle; vicious cycle

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having a medical examination; seeing a doctor

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active

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to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)

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to be amused or interested in

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J-pop; Japanese pop

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high-rise apartment building; high-rise condominium; tower block

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top floor

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(one's parents') home

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agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)

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watchdog

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to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour

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last resort

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hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam

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as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment

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matter of taste

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throwaway match (i.e. one played after a tournament has already been decided); dead rubber

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to pierce

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lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating

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bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink); carry-on (e.g. luggage)

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intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection

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checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers

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sharply; harshly; stingingly

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extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool

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greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person

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accompanying; being accompanied by; going with

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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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reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth

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half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive

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to worry oneself sick

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to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill

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bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom

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to recite; to chant; to read aloud

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to be able to conceal

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cold wind

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pen spinning; spinning a pen around between the fingers

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square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface

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to warm up to; to become enthusiastic about; to be elated

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little finger; pinky; little toe

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to fall off; to tumble down

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blunt weapon

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to etch into one's mind; to remember well

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funeral service

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(temporary) closure of school

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recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances

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