jpdb beta

getting or keeping acquainted with; keeping or establishing useful contacts

2

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

2

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

2

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation

3

Nishii

1

Maruyama

1

(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age

1

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

4

nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country

1

morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning

1

feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment

1

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

1

cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang

1

please look at it

1

sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air

1

blue sky

1

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

1

Sayama

1

to die

1

last year

1

cirrhosis (of the liver)

1

was; were

2

first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being

1

actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

2

diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily

4

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

2

direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)

15

well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...

7

please

9

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

1

more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

1

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

2

position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view

1

from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best

1

right to decide; having say (in a decision)

1

good boy; good girl

1

to be found; to be discovered

1

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

2

(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look

1

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

1

discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

6

oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

2

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

1

courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds

1

greeting; a fine thing to say

1

please

2

thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

6

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

1

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

1

that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

2