jpdb beta

rather; sooner; preferably

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teppanyaki (Japanese cooking prepared on a hot steel plate in the center of the table)

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each house; every house

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hollow

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striped cloth

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playboy

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Seiki

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try-hard award; consolation prize

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to overcut

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the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain

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more than usual

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they

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stay calm; don't be rushed; don't be flustered

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best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far

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to get on well with (someone)

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running high jump

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to start shouting; to break out

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counter-; corresponding; face; opposite

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no matter how much time passes

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model or exemplary student

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unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

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image change; changing one's image; makeover

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pretending not to know; feigning ignorance

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cheerleading competition; cheering contest

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pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize someone (recognise); feigning ignorance; playing innocent

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questionnaire (form)

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having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal

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Sawada

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handball

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as if it were about oneself

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field of bamboo grass

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relations; members of extended family

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it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

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first and second; A and B; superiority and (or) inferiority; distinction (in quality); discernment

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to chase; to run after; to pursue

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to be absorbed in thought; to muse; to muse about; to think things through

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sky blue

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to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

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to make (a person) pay for (something)

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gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step

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Takuya

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to tell a lie; to fib

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the good fortune to have been born male

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perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues

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from where one sits; while sitting by

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to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe

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foot race

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short-distance race; sprint

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can't help worrying; besides myself with worry

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to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints

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