jpdb beta

the same generation; coeval

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ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)

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wide difference; a world of difference

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goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

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to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip

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fingering an object (in killing time); amusing oneself; diversion; gambling

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temple bell; hanging bell; funeral bell

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to go on reading

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Oh no; Oh dear

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to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat

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shaking violently

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to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter

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spatula

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tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling

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to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute

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to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor

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middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

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unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable

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to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

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to issue a manifesto; to appeal

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ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

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private room

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to give directions; to issue instructions

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content of a letter

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final month of pregnancy; month in which childbirth is due

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good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

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oath; vow

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manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

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why; how

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absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

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book; volume

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to make a joint vow; to swear together; to pledge

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repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring

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why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

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practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout

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joke; playfulness; kidding around

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to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far

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forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)

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to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of

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to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen

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is it not so?

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to get excited; to make one's heart leap; to make one's heart pound

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unfortunately

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at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

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colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in

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to keep a promise; to keep one's word

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to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

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knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting

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to burn (with jealousy, desire, etc.)

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