jpdb beta

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

4

cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping

1

to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

3

to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of

3

softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is

5

to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)

3

handkerchief

3

clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.

3

dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot

2

and then; after that

8

to gather; to collect; to assemble

2

counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

1

to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

4

after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

6

breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)

2

time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

5

late; slowly

1

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

1

thank you

2

always; constantly; at all times; habitually

2

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

2

to assist; to help out

1

to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate

5

to regret

1

pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)

1

condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner

1

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

1

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

2

sooner or later

1

to request earnestly

2

future; distant future

1

burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

1

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

1

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

1

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

2

tone (of voice); manner of talking

3

(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

1

to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)

2

of course; certainly; naturally

6

preface; introduction; preamble

1

such; like that; that sort of

4

that day; the very same day

4

cannot be helped; unavoidable

1

late at night

1

twelve o'clock; noon; midnight

1

early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk

1

to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch

3

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

1

(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest

2

(this) small amount; (such a) paltry amount; only this much; slightest bit

3