jpdb beta

ability; skill; facility

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to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

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jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)

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to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

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one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future

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limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)

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dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly

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to stop by; to drop in for a short visit

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opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items

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to assist; to help out

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idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

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oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

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that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

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chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

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mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door

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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 be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off

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first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

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near; close; beside; third person

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in spite of; regardless of

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coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK

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common saying; everyday talk; common parlance

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olden days; former

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wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

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to hate; to dislike; to loathe

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enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful

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hey!; oi!; ahoy!; I; me

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given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

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to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

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serious look (on one's face); straight face

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next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour

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to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

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to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at

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left; left hand side

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second hand clothes shop; somebody who sells second hand clothes

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patterned cloth

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to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry

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neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)

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door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

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to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

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household tools (e.g. brooms, dustpans); household utensils; sundries

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to buy; to purchase

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new store; newly-opened store

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to build; to construct

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various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

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harassment; pestering

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to set up shop; to open a store

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to wound; to murder

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family; relatives; dependents; household

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capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty

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