jpdb beta

to smirk; to grin broadly

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by the window

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game; play; sports

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guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

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pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

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sharing; division; draw; tie

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careful; elaborate; scrupulous

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study; research; investigation

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facing outward

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official business; public business

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to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate

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thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

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speaking voice; talking voice

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tag (children's game); tig

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lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger

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anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up

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just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

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going to and fro; back and forth

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path; route; itinerary

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western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)

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concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

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armaments; military preparations

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eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)

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letter; note; epistle; correspondence

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conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview

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both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)

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(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth

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peace talks; peace negotiations

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stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce

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advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

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using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can

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to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

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cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)

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my sympathies; that's too bad; my condolences

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difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying

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illegitimate child

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trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

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funds; capital

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to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in

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is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial

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forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money

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business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

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full speed

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hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy

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to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in

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top floor

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interval; break; rift (in clouds)

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a word or two

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any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away

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stirrup

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