jpdb beta

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

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to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal

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satisfactory; decent

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beginning; outset; first; onset

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to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

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easy; simple; there's no way that ...

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for example; for instance; e.g.

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10,000 yen

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to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

4

price; cost

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step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

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plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

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to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

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Hamburg steak; hamburger steak

3

living thing; organism; creature; biology

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as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

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nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

2

selection; choice; option

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to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed

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child

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child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot

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cram school; private tutoring school; juku

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eleven o'clock

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past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

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master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

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slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

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oh, yes?; really?

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for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

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

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private; personal life; (one's) privacy

1

cooked rice; meal

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now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

1

one's post; place of work; workplace

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with the exception of; excepting; excluding

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to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

2

clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously

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to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

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cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry

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beer

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the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar

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huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

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is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial

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coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

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at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion

1

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

1

by myself; in person; by oneself

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and yet; though; when; in spite of

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

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to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

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employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson

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