jpdb beta

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

3

head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top

1

likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do

1

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

1

apology

1

to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)

1

intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation

3

serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis

1

possible; conceivable; likely; probable

1

bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk

2

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...

2

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

1

myself; yourself; I; me; you

3

wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

1

concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression

2

handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvring

1

even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

1

evidence; proof

1

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

1

hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

1

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

3

retirement; resignation

4

cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine; tearful voice; weepy voice

2

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

1

one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month

1

what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

1

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image

1

to pretend; to feign

1

embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation

2

how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

1

resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

1

bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge

1

(one's) life

5

to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of

2

to answer; to reply

1

to go out and away; to leave

1

revenge

1

Sachiko

1

Kaori

1

pure and beautiful

2

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

1

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

2

(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

2

job; work; duties; trade; skill

1

office job; clerical work

1

ability; faculty

1

she; her; girlfriend

4

paperwork

1

stagnation; hindrance; delay

1

to increase; to multiply

1