jpdb beta

wave; ups and downs

1

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

1

(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

1

illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

1

to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish

1

by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through

1

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

3

bad influence; negative influence

1

device; equipment; machinery; apparatus

5

floor

3

commercial value; commodity value; marketability

1

base (e.g. of a triangle); low class; low in social standing; base (e.g. of support); foundation

1

maintenance; preservation; improvement

1

advantage; point in favor; point in favour

1

exhausting work; hard work; severe duty

1

simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-

1

to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw

2

industrial waste

1

positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

2

shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low

1

secret messenger

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

1

retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion

3

reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese

2

as planned

4

present point (i.e. in history); at the present time

2

cancellation

1

the former

2

depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

1

meeting; assembly; association; conjunction

1

meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast

2

continuation; continuance; going on; resuming

2

to deduct; to take away

1

clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent

1

compromise plan

1

feeling of satisfaction

1

please ...

2

unfortunately; sorry, but ...

1

game

1

character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

1

to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

5

to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on

1

stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing

2

applicant; candidate

1

our company; my company

1

salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation

1

self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk

1

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

2

breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)

1

establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)

1