jpdb beta

job hunting; job searching

1

searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)

1

point in common; common feature

1

both; (not) either

2

now; the present time; just now; another; more

7

glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)

1

be; is

23

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

27

I see; that's right; indeed

2

sure; yeah; I know

5

fate; chance; relationship; tie

8

necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

5

this time; now

1

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

12

to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

2

indicates question

10

to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

1

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

1

Japan

1

to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

5

marriage; marriage tie; love knot

2

system

1

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

10

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

2

approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

1

rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match

1

negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated

1

person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others

6

also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

2

relative; relation

1

such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

3

(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups

1

red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each

7

to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)

1

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

6

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

3

then; well; so; be; is

19

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

3

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

1

isn't that right?

9

just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

1

reliance on others

1

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

1

thread; yarn; string

5

one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation

1

to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)

2

perception; intuition; the sixth sense

1

physical strength; brute strength; arm strength

1

to need; to call for; to require

5

well; now; then

1