jpdb beta

Kaneda

1

Kimie

1

experienced; veteran; skilled; expert

1

being twice divorced; two-time divorcee; (lit.) two x marks (i.e. two names struck from the family register)

1

labour union; labor union

2

Yoshichika

1

nine-to-five (working hours); nine to five

1

personnel management; personnel administration

1

The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; JCCI

2

rice bin; breadwinner

1

family car

1

associate editor; deputy editor

3

membership; membership rights; franchise; seat (e.g. stock exchange)

1

floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star

1

company newsletter

2

second year of elementary school; second year elementary school student

1

crank call; prank call; nuisance call

1

to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit

2

full set

1

express

1

management consultancy

1

bus hijacking

4

imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

5

(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole

1

group of companies; combine

1

citizen of a prefecture; prefectural citizen

1

sunrise; half-melon shaped bun

1

resort hotel

1

labor union; labour union; trade union

1

close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

2

to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge

1

frontier (esp. the American frontier); frontier (of a field); forefront (of science, technology)

2

hostess (in a hostess bar)

1

fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey

1

to thunder

1

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

1

family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

1

reverse side; opposite (of the expected); purl stitch (knitting)

2

founder (of a company)

1

sending (esp. email attachments); forwarding; remitting

1

business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law

2

retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home

1

suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly

1

to buy a replacement; to replace by buying something new

1

chopsticks

1

to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise

1

instead of; replacing; on behalf of

1

being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)

2

Shounan

1

Gunma (prefecture)

3