jpdb beta

summer vacation; summer holiday

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(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

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death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without

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continuation; succession; series

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staying up all night

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floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

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despair; hopelessness

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defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

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wise saying; famous saying

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attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat

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unexpected; surprising

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terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

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(some) more; even more; longer; further

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mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but

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to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting

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chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

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mother; mom; mum; wife

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to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

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small; little; tiny

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nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

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picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

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before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

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professional

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to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

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to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

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one day; (on) a certain day

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to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

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impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions

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around the world; throughout the world

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friend; companion

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-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

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to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

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terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate

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novelist; fiction writer

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people

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web; World Wide Web; WWW; Web

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simply (cannot)

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in this way; thus; such; uh...

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he; she; that person; (arch.) you

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don't you think?; indicates question

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easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

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in this way; like this

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to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

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to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

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to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

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something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

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