jpdb beta

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

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to pass (of time); to elapse

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to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

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cheque; check

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

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ha ha ha (laughter)

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respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

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van; truck; delivery van

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pain; ache; -algia

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being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)

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without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

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network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett

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to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

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so-so; passable; now, now; my, my

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good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy

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sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

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meal; dinner; diet

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tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)

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with a bump; with a clunk; yelp (e.g. of a fox); bark; howl

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appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre

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to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

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my condolences; my deepest sympathy

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thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

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to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

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straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

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to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

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Oh well; yeah; good; OK

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most suitable; optimum; optimal; best

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considerably; greatly; a lot

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comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

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settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)

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

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restart; fresh start

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splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK

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condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

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one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of

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from now on; hereafter

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declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

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to jump at; to be attracted by

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distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

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to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate

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certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

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to show; to display

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very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

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having spirit; (being) staunch; having backbone

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(earning or paying) no interest

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operation

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to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

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famous; fame

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Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

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