jpdb beta

Maida, Calabria

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fa jin; releasing internal power explosively

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gender gap; male-female divide

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new season (e.g. of TV programming); new term

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right and wrong

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black rockfish (Sebastes inermis); darkbanded rockfish

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books for loan

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conchiglie

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to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown

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difficult to approach; inaccessible

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chooser; selector

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to fiddle with; to play with

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translating and explaining

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cherry blossom viewing

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kindling a fire; lighting a fire

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quarrying (stone); quarryman; stonecutting; stonemasonry; stonecutter

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comparatively

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right of samurai to kill commoners for perceived affronts (Edo period)

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disappear without a trace; nowhere to be seen

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age 16 (of a girl); pubescence; age 64 (of a man); breaking of the hymen (during sex); defloration

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Europeanization; Europeanisation; Westernization; Westernisation

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harmless; innocuous; safe; benign

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cleaning dust etc. from rooms; housecleaning; (the traditional Japanese end-of-the-year, 13th December) big house cleaning; spring cleaning (only not in spring)

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anecdote; tidbit; gossip; little-known story

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Chiu

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Miyoko

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husband; good person

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not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer

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rillettes

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death (and entering the hereafter)

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grabbing; taking (as much as one can hold) by the hand

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change in one's looks; change in one's appearance

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to be bewitched by a fox; to be confused

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the good you do for others is good you do yourself; those who are kind benefit themselves; (lit.) compassion is not for other people's benefit; you can't save others (from themselves)

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in a way that is uncharacteristic of ...; in a way that is unbecoming to ...; in a way that is unbefitting of ...; despite one's position as ...; despite being ...

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foreign policy

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to part in tears

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to drag in; to pull in

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crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

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meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)

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having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects

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pond snail (Viviparidae spp.)

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leaving work (office, school) early

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to fail to hear; to miss

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to dig up; to expose; to disclose

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plump; somewhat large

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(arch.) girl; (arch.) young (unmarried) woman; (grown) woman; lady; (someone else's) wife

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left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable

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(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup

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Data Access Object; DAO

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