jpdb beta

(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

2

previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

1

sexy; popular; well-liked

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working adult; full-fledged member of society

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sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid

1

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

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now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

1

engineering

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deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong

1

to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself

1

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

1

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

1

shut up!; be quiet!

1

next; following; subsequent; stage; station

3

independence; self-reliance

1

(one's) life

1

eternity; permanence; perpetuity

1

rice field

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to be surprised; to be astonished

2

trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

1

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry

1

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

1

next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence

1

super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than

1

handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler

1

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

2

net; netting; web

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network

1

to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with

1

first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being

1

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

2

to show; to display

1

straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt

1

to make the impossible possible; to accomplish the impossible

1

last; final; end; conclusion; rust

1

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

1

as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state

1

to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction; to make it clear where one stands; to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)

1

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

1

to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

1

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

1

cake

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what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

2

suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)

1

to suit; to match; to become; to be like

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heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva

1

sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead

1

twelve o'clock; noon; midnight

2

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

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