jpdb beta

something or other; one thing or another; this or that

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how long; how far; how much

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to like; to love; to be fond of

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both (people); the two of them

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real name

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spelling; orthography; file; pad; bundle

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safety; security

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course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment

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ha ha ha; hee hee hee

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to burst into laughter

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I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

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of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after

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thinking back now; looking back

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face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety

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keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently

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word; vocabulary

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reemployment

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glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing

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to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other

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chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse

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you could say that; that might be so

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bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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-off (price reduction); discount; -coated; -plated

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freely; frankly; without reserve

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one's long-cherished desire

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to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

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breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)

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turning point

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painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

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to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up

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out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly

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overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest

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good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation

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to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up

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precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

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no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be

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to resign from one's post

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holding another position; serving concurrently as; concurrent position

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(written) contract; agreement

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autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication

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what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

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wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade

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hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

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to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out

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three meals (a day)

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cost of a meal (or meals)

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residence; living (at, in); abode

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subtraction; deduction (e.g. of tax)

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extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out

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flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

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