jpdb beta

while; during; while; although; all; both

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little by little

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to move forward; to move on

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unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

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

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to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself

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that's the way it is; such is life

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mere consolation; temporary peace of mind

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to escape; to run away

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we; us; I; me

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suicide

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boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn

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surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

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to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge

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everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

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to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

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cram school; private tutoring school; juku

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family; members of a family

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to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

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whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

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Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)

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showing one's face in public; facing another person

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favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude

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and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

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duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

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blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

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brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

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tedious; boring; being fed up with

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to put one's life on the line

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important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident

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time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

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to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

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bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

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burn; scald

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exaggerated; extravagant; overdone

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strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

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if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so

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unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel

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indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

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oh; yes; huh?; hm?

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troublesome; bothersome

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elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

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topmost

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height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)

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life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

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to feel ashamed

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to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

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