jpdb beta

main force; main strength; main effort; primary focus

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first time; first; initial

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tenor

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Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!

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selecting a suitable person; personnel selection

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(vocal) volume

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very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...

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handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler

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back off!; leave me alone!

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performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)

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totally willing; fully motivated

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(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment

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pressure

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foundation; basis

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to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

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on the occasion of

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to be popular

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opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

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quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord

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touching (someone)

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clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit

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event; function

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culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

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group (of people, competitors, companies, etc.); contingent; camp; team

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to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of

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to push (something) against

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to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort

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girl who wears glasses

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to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to

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to be discouraged; to shrink from

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squishy; bouncy; soft

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to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

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to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

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the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

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in name only; figurehead; (only) by name

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taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; taking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet

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betting; gambling

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so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

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in a good mood; cheerful

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by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

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lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

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outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

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life; living; I; me; student

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to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

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odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling

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to glare at; to scowl at

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various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

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from behind the scenes (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); from the sidelines; from a distance; secretly; in secret

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chief; main; principal; important

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machinery and materials; equipment; materials for manufacturing machinery

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