jpdb beta

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this world; earthly world; secular society; ordinary world; everyday life; workaday world

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duty; obligation; responsibility

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abstention; nonintervention; noninterference

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conscription ordinance; conscription law; draft; Conscription Ordinance (1873-1927)

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I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

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this world; earthly life

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scandalous dispute

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someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

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colony

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good-quality; superior in quality

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to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person

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reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for

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authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

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twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days

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to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

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intervention

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incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

4

agreement; rule

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never again

3

requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)

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stillness; quiet; peacefulness

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sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking

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to meet; to greet

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ability; capacity; capability; physical strength

5

certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord

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sobriety; soberness; sober face

2

alloy

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desk

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bias; eccentricity; obstinacy

2

to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate

2

with a thud

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stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies

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dark blue

2

morning sun

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snow; snowfall

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pure white; snow white

2

first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes

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just as one thought; as usual; sure enough

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concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)

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belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt

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for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

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awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

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thigh; femoral

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light bulb

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starry sky

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eternally unchanging

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in addition

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unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

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evil; wickedness

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