jpdb beta

business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task

1

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

1

two

3

standard; set; routine; decided

1

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

7

obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden

1

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

1

place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

1

to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend

1

to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

1

reporter; journalist

7

(can you) spare a little time (to speak)?; (do you) have a moment (to speak)?

1

indicates question

4

music

1

producer (film, TV, etc.)

2

edge of a swamp

1

company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance

2

since when; from when; how long

1

abrupt; sudden; unexpected

2

article; news story; report; account

1

knowing; (an) acquaintance

1

how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way

3

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

2

photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie

1

intimacy; friendship

1

appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

2

to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree

1

this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

3

plagiarism; plagiarised work

10

doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion

2

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

1

(audio) recording

2

unpublished; not yet announced

2

opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person

1

office

2

to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square

1

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

1

to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

1

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

6

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

1

myself; yourself; I; me; you

3

to ask

1

belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of

1

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

1

from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth

2

three years

1

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

2

Sasaki

1

melody; chime

1

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but

1