jpdb beta

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

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but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

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itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally

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emergency; extraordinary; unusual

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small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)

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one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N

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inside; within

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once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

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to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

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too much; excessively; too

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filtration; filtering; percolation

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

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to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

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insect cage

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outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

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stitch

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to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

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

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that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

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the very thing; itself

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many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

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lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

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degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about

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simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light

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each; every

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to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

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to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

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theory

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essential; important; crucial; vital; main

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Meiji period (1868-1912)

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to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

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supplement

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

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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poor business performance; economic slump

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to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

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high-functioning; high-performance; sophisticated

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sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

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surely; certainly

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contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade

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(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much

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original; novel; new

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coating

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throughout Japan

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also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

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to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

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actually; really

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Germany

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pharmaceutical (drug) company

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to have an eye on; to zero in on

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