jpdb beta

desk; copy editor

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document; official papers

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staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

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to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

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thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

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to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

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foreign-made car; imported car; paddle wheel

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to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

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main street

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café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)

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the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime

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to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten

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(at the) window

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inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)

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with a friendly grin; smilingly

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to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

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generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality

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credit card

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100 percent

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virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith

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-ish; -like

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right; correct; proper; righteous; just

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whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

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because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

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what sort; what kind

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to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

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to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

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to make an appeal; to urge

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first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

3

bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate

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abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

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listen!; you see; mind you; remember

2

woman; girl

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to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse

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second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student

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boy; man; male

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female high-school student

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even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

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normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty

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the very thing; itself

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if it's the case

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to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful

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to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

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tolerance; broad-mindedness

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inheritance; something given or received

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acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard

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depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

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considerably; fairly; quite

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state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances

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to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

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