jpdb beta

company president; manager; director

8

now; soon; already; yet; further; more

10

how many months?; how long?

1

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

1

isn't that right?

12

minimum wage

1

disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

1

but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

20

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

1

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

16

don't worry; no worries; never mind

1

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

1

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

1

putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank

1

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

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such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!

4

conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

2

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

8

small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest

2

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

2

than; from; out of; except; but; more

3

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

2

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

1

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

4

to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

4

to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

1

and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

5

as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

1

(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

1

to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase

1

half a year; six months

1

after

1

funds; capital

1

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

2

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

1

(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

1

I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

1

I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

1

business; trade; operations; sales

2

indicates question

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it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?

4

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

4

to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to

2

employment adjustment subsidy; subsidy for employment adjustment; subsidy to help defray layoff costs

1

application; request; petition

2

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

1

work; job; labor; work

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

6

subsidy; grant-in-aid

5

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

4