jpdb beta

waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess

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Ashigawa

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to arrive

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blanket

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um; er; nuh-uh; no; oof

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ha ha ha (laughter)

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business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

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to say; to tell; to state; to do

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December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

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eighth day of the month; eight days

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bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki

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face value; par

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memory; sense; experience

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spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

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to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

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mailing; posting

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wall; fence

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safety; security

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in comparison to; rather than

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greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

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to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

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to lose one's life

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to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

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debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money

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cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)

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ago; since; before; previous

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deposit; earnest money

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to pay

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lending and borrowing

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without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

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half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%

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to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

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to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile

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payment made via bank deposit transfer; discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile

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point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

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whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

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slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably

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procedure; process; proceedings; formalities

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for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

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genuine article; real thing; real deal

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leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host

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to congratulate; to celebrate

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three cheers

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to have the privilege of doing

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member of the Lower House

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life; living; I; me; student

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please

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clapping hands; applause

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congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!

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thank you

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