jpdb beta

economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless

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and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

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until now; so far; up to the present

4

child

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

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

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necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

2

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

4

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

7

in the same way as; just like

1

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

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next year

2

elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

2

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

2

to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about

1

cooperation; collaboration

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

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oh, yes?; really?

9

I see; that's right; indeed

1

isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

5

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

1

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

4

Japanese-style room

1

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

1

last week; the week before

1

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

1

interview (e.g. for a job)

1

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

1

if it's the case

2

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

1

until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

4

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

2

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

1

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

2

to continue; to keep up; to keep on

1

I; me; you; manservant

2

myself; yourself; I; me; you

5

to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

2

isn't that right?

7

now; soon; already; yet; further; more

5

-years-old

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indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

5

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

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sure; yeah; I know

5

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

1

figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition

3

proximity; nearness; soon; nearby

1

yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's

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

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