jpdb beta

hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

5

news

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broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement

1

interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party

2

we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

1

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

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to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

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elder sister; effeminate man

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backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position

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to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

2

most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest

1

setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

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to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

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by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

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election

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confrontation; showdown

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Mr (junior); master; boy

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to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

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yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

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candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)

3

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

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to add (e.g. a postscript)

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tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

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indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation

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quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like

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in this way; thus; such; uh...

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way of speaking; intimation

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from the beginning

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two largest parties

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publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

3

putting off (doing); postponement; delaying

1

reporter

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many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

1

celebrity; personality; prominent figure

1

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

1

high class; high grade; high rank; seniority

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condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat

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both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

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to live; to get along; to spend (time)

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living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

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style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)

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to gather; to collect; to assemble

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martial artist; fighter

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poncho

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Tanaka

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singer

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in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter

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to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

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yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

2

good morning

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