jpdb beta

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

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people; men and women; each person; everybody

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purse; handbag; wallet

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string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions

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to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

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evening; night; dinner

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town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

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young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters

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to overflow; to brim over; to flood

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company president; manager; director

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please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of

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thank you; thanks

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discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

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ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

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however; but

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collapse of bubble economy; economic bubble burst

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together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

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bank; banking institution

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position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view

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big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important

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change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

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(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

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number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)

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economic collapse; economic meltdown

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after

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worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

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aggregate amount of indebtedness

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postwar period; period after Second World War

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Nikkei Stock Average (price)

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big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

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sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop

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

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thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

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that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

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indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very

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explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

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to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

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hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

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withdrawal of loan credit (e.g. by a bank); retraction of credit; insistence on repayment

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small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses

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to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

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this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

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good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

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to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

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conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

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then; well; so; be; is

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nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

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sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

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to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

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