jpdb beta

outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough

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birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

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slum

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country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

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eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey

4

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

1

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

3

slave traffic; slave dealer

1

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

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to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

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mainly; primarily

2

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

1

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

1

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

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in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

2

talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!

5

poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty

1

then; well; so; be; is

7

common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair

1

rather; better; instead; if anything

1

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

1

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

6

with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb

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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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this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

2

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

1

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

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to live; to get along; to spend (time)

2

good luck; fortune

1

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

1

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

1

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

1

sympathy; compassion; pity

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to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

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yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

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

2

to be needed; to be wanted

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in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

1

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

2

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

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

7

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

1

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

1

appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance

2

reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about

1

contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade

1

to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)

3

direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...

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