jpdb beta

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

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

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to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

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narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped

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prosperity; flourishing; thriving

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typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model

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counter; counting device; (service) counter (at a bank, store, etc.); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); bar; counter-attack (in soccer); counter

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to be sensitive to smoke; to dislike the company of (someone); to consider (someone) a burden or nuisance

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(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression

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old man; old geezer

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banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping

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though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other

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merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine

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to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

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no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

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(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

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youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy

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precious; valuable

2

to count; to enumerate

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one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)

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to eat; to become eclipsed (of an astronomical object)

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this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent

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demand; need; demand

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shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter

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to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)

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old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

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towel

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helplessly; reluctantly

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to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish

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closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business

2

grumbling; muttering; complaining; moaning

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20 years old; (arch.) twenty

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one (bird or rabbit)

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isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

3

senility; dotage; decrepitude

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large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

2

to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture

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emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary

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quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

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easy; simple; plain

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domestication

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to grow older (than expected); to advance in age

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as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...

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well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge

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mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object

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mist net (fine mesh for capturing small birds)

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but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

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all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever

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to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)

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