jpdb beta

west

8

field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

11

to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

1

one year; some time ago

1

yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr

6

Nishihara

1

antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation

1

to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

1

commercial affairs

2

one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

1

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

1

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

3

foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment

1

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

1

sigh

1

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

1

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

1

to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)

2

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

1

three people

2

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

3

acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

4

all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew

3

discarding; firing (an employee)

2

because of; owing to; due to

1

to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut

1

to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

6

Japanese company (business, firm)

1

home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country

4

present (brought by a visitor); gift

1

to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

1

thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight

4

purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

2

to suit; to match; to become; to be like

2

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

3

excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you

4

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

1

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

6

previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

6

indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions

2

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

1

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

2

big; large; great

4

to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

6

(some) more; even more; longer; further

5

bright; intelligent

1

warm welcome

1

extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more

3

to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about

1

employee; worker

13