jpdb beta

dream; vision; reverie

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newly-married life

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bride

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foreign country

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reopening; resumption; restarting

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to work hard; to work diligently

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making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance

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to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered

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so much

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wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law

1

topknot (hair style)

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hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me

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wig; hairpiece; toupee

2

ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

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to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

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to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

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novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials

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genuine article; real thing; real deal

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genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional

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long-cherished ambition; satisfaction

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pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

1

strenuous exertion; spurt; splurge

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I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

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cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery

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motif

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hakama; man's formal divided skirt

2

clothing (e.g. kimono) decorated with one's family crest

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white kimono

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each; respectively

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assassin

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antique; historical object; pre-Meiji period drama; period piece

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to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)

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feeble complaint; whine

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to lose heart; to lose motivation

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hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

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sewing; needlework

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to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

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digital versatile disc; DVD

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failure teaches success; failure is a stepping-stone to success

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redoing

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to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

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end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

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listen!; you see; mind you; remember

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processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal

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(for) one's own use; personal use; private use

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tsk; tut; shoot; chirp

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(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)

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willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations

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