jpdb beta

gentleman

1

to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude

3

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

1

not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it

1

see you next week

1

railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

5

to make eye contact

3

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

1

see you tomorrow

4

the opposite direction; the other way

1

how long; how far; how much

1

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

1

15; fifteen

1

speed

1

distance; range

4

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

2

yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game

1

office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)

2

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

1

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

1

development; exploitation

1

we

1

business; trade; operations; sales

1

head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

10

to drink too much

1

loud voice

4

red face

1

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

1

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

1

man; male; masculine gender

3

pipe; tube

1

several people; a few people

1

chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous

4

to soothe; to calm; to pacify

3

drunkard

4

to go past; to pass; to pass by

1

almost; nearly; close to

1

the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

1

un-; non-; negative prefix

1

recovery

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

1

illicit sexual relationship

1

student (esp. a university student)

3

one's duty; one's part

1

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

7

control; check; restraint; inhibition

2

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

2