jpdb beta

ten best people (in a particular field)

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prefix for forming ordinal numbers

3

sitting; feast; speech

3

seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

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always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

1

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

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what

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before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

1

August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

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pole; climax; extreme; extremity

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Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore

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hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

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to; towards; for

1

homecoming; returning home

1

to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

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today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

2

O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray

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to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

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home area; home town; local

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various

1

to attempt; to test; to try out

1

for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being

1

one year; some time ago

2

boarder; boarding student

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one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

2

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

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just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...

6

tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of

1

worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid

2

having just started...

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again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

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local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

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behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

3

pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

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Ihy

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this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

4

damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

1

you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

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

2

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

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aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

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to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?

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somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

1

small quantity; little; little while; short distance

3

chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air

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oh; ah

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very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

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air conditioning; air cooling

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