jpdb beta

was

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such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of

1

hey!; hey!

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something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

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face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour

1

unexpected; surprising

1

human; humane

1

hard worker; hardworking person

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

1

to be worried; to be troubled

1

lovely; sweet

1

to smash violently; to crush

1

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

1

to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

1

and then; after that

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to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)

1

well water

1

like; similar to; as with; in the same way

1

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

1

to continue; to keep up; to keep on

1

by means of; due to; because of; according to

1

very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

1

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

1

in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

1

one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan

1

enterprise; business; company; corporation

1

establishment (of a business); founding

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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foreign-owned enterprise; company with capital participation by a foreign company; foreign-affiliated firm; alien corporation; foreign company

1

acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

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to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

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crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

1

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

1

obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction

1

financing; loan

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

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10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

2

when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

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

1

sigh

1

a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

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

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honorific/polite/humble prefix

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say; well; um; er

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

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to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

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to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

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grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence

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perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that

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