jpdb beta

lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit

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for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

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mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)

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movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

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fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

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slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

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meaning; called; said

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

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(fictional) character; character; personality; persona

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to be able to manage somehow or another

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imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

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original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive

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easy; simple; there's no way that ...

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look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!

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to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

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olden days; former

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storehouse; warehouse; godown

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work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

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show me

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criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something

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to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

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(in) one's own way

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expression; presentation; representation; notation

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

2

being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering

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

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with the exception of; excepting; excluding

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how; in what way; by what means

1

new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

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senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

3

pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

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to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

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and then; after that

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to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

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to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

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someone; somebody

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women; maidservant

2

heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)

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standing on tiptoes

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these guys; these fellows

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knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

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plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

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now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

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where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

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I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

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shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

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as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

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on air; on the air

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to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

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well then ...; in that situation; in which case

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