jpdb beta

collection; correction

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it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?

1

a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

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(one's) older brother; lad; sonny

7

connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity

3

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

3

to be in disorder; to lie scattered around

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why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

4

to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get

3

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

1

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

1

even if; even though; however; no matter how

1

preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)

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this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

2

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

3

to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university

1

decision; determination

1

after all; because; but; even; too; as well

3

mother; mom; mum; wife

2

only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

1

was; were

3

now; the present time; just now; another; more

2

work; job; labor; work

3

luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)

1

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

1

oh, yes?; really?

2

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

1

various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

1

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

1

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

1

small quantity; little; little while; short distance

1

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

2

younger sister

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younger sister

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broad daylight

1

to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

1

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

1

however; but

1

abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

1

what with this and that; for a number of reasons

1

kitchen; financial situation

1

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

2

to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

1

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

1

to wipe; to dry

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to change one's clothes

1