jpdb beta

friend of a mother who is also a mother; mothers who are friends

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your home; your family; their home; (my) home

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to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

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to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout

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bento; Japanese box lunch

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precocious; precocious child

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homemade bento containing food decorated to look like cute characters (from anime, etc.)

1

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

2

respect

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reluctantly; unwillingly

1

toilet paper

4

drugstore; pharmacy

1

advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice

1

housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker

1

representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney

1

to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate

2

not required

2

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

2

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

3

to be reliable

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smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation

5

hand luggage; hand baggage

2

student accommodation; student dormitory

2

to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline

1

to enquire; to inquire; to seek information

1

shopping bag

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fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)

2

distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)

2

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

5

hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa

5

all; everyone; everybody

2

charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal

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to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match

1

finishing blow; coup de grâce

1

because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece

3

in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time

2

to have the privilege of doing

1

taxi

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see you tomorrow

3

to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter

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to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

3

to wave one's hand

4

beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time

1

to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to

3

hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff

2

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

1

sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

1

see you; bye; ciao

2

to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

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