jpdb beta

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

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trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

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habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

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tofu seller (maker)

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spitting

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delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient

4

freshly fried

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buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking

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mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

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to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)

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character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

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no!; no no!; no, not at all

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adult; grown-up

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speed

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to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)

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feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment

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listen!; you see; mind you; remember

1

one hour

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that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

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to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame

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advice; warning

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be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)

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other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but

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children

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to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

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to be able (to); to be possible (to)

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

5

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

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meaning; called; said

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

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

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time; hour; period; class

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labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

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to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

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tax; duty

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waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away

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(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)

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to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

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appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

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futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

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indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that

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subordinate person

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to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

2

child consultation center; children's welfare center

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here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

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to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

2

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

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Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

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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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