jpdb beta

in the end; on top of that

1

politics; government

3

economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy

3

great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge

1

to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

1

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

1

(it was) not until; (it was) only when

1

business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

2

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

3

Michio

2

modern language; contemporary language; living language; modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II

1

to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true

2

remarkable; striking; obvious

3

Okabe Fuyuhiko (1922.12-)

1

introduction; preface

1

woman

1

special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity

2

linguistic aspects of life; linguistic behaviour

7

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

4

request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust

1

prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living

1

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

5

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

1

wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)

4

to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up

1

to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show

2

later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant

1

tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)

1

to tell (somebody) to (do something)

1

introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation

1

in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea

1

important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident

2

to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

1

structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

2

pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in

2

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

1

to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject

1

toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)

2

oil

3

to loaf (particularly on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle

1

merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

3

speech; words; one's lines; remarks

5

trip; excursion; outing

1

crossing a mountain

1

umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

3

naniwabushi; variety of sung narrative popular during the Edo period

1

travel; trip; journey

2

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

1

geographic

1

scenery

1