jpdb beta

mining industry

6

paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins

2

stock holdings; one's shares

1

to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)

1

penniless; broke

1

lending (money, commodities, etc.); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility

2

Tachise

1

half-crazed; frantic

1

bed; berth; crib; cot; bedroom

1

manager; executive

3

to get a phone call

1

to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate

1

house in which a mistress is kept

2

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

3

1,000,000; one million; million; many

1

to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces

1

price; cost; value; worth; value

1

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

surely; certainly; no doubt; must

2

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

2

barn (for storage); shed; outbuilding

3

from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first

1

(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities

1

hundreds

2

to thrust down; to push off

1

at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

1

to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious

1

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

1

panorama; panoramic painting

2

bad karma; sinful deed; evil deed

1

development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)

2

Fukuoka Prefecture (Kyūshū)

1

counter for temples

4

inn

1

eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

1

infancy; childhood; tender age

1

naughty; mischievous; unruly

1

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently

1

gambling

1

close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

1

loading (of cargo, freight, etc.); stacking the wall of tiles to one's advantage

1

to put someone to work; to make someone work

1

wages; labor wages; labour wages

1

to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip

1

high interest rate

1

small sum of money

1

to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

1

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

2

moat; fosse; canal; ditch

1

coalfield; coal field

3