jpdb beta

self-interest; personal profit

1

to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)

6

haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing

8

to look down over; to look down on

6

to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

1

supposing that; even if

1

inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)

1

lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly

1

neck; head; dismissal; discharge

12

to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

1

subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable

1

bottom of one's heart

2

one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives

3

expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)

1

righteousness; justice; right

5

sociable

1

luxury; extravagance

5

economist

1

cargo; freight; money or assets

1

classification; categorization; sorting

1

necessities

1

decency

4

to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

3

clothes; clothing; garments

1

cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)

2

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

2

party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner

2

small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

4

warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

1

hakama; man's formal divided skirt

2

Sendai (city in Miyagi)

1

something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

2

silk gauze (esp. used in light clothing for high summer)

1

haori (Japanese formal coat)

1

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

3

luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)

1

a tip

4

by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

4

one yen; throughout (an area); whole district

2

sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)

6

rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match

1

rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations

5

this much; this amount

1

trivial; trifling

2

exaggeration; hyperbole

2

equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

4

thoughtful; considerate; sensible; prudent; having good taste; discerning

4

funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

3

garments; attire

2

resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy

1