jpdb beta

(very) patient; persevering

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human being; human; person; character (of a person)

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to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

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litmus paper

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-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

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thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

2

to attempt; to test; to try out

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to be worried; to be troubled

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to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

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to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

5

to love

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assistant director (in taking professional movies)

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Ueno

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six; 6

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scene; sight; scenario; setting

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understood; I see; OK; present; here

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unrequited love; one-sided love

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approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

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liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

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narrator

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traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

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camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel

5

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

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origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

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actress; female actor

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dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

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son

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actor; actress; player; performer

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oh; ah

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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

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person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others

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is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial

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this person

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to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

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public entertainment; performing arts; accomplishments; attainments

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office

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nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

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intractable (diseases); hard to cure; rebellious; insurgent; refractory

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delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient

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to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

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truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

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language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking

1

crisp (like a pickle); crunchy; firm (musculature); stiff (shoulders, neck, etc.)

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food texture; mouthfeel

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to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

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by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

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sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake

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slowly but steadily

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to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

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