jpdb beta

municipal office; council; city hall

1

citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class

1

prayer; supplication

1

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

1

period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)

1

60th birthday

1

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

9

to become; to amount to

2

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

1

fan club

1

jeweler; (arch.) soap bubble vendor

2

to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

1

not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)

1

punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact

1

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

4

to exchange (messages, thoughts, etc.); to communicate

1

two parts; two copies; the second part

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive

1

end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

2

to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo

1

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

1

to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest

1

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

1

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

3

reaction; response

2

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

1

insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

1

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

8

squall; skoal; skol; cheers

1

scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

1

ahem

3

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

2

seasoning; flavour; flavor

2

riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit

2

eyewitness report; eyewitness information

1

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

1

in proportion to; just as much as

1

telephone call; telephone (device)

1

indicates emphasis

1

to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in

1

coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe

2

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

1

this evening; tonight

1

farewell party

14

executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements

3

to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted

1

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

4

at least; at most; (even) just

1

to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out

2