jpdb beta

person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager

3

(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

1

middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary

1

part; component

1

top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile

3

being very busy; busyness

1

to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

1

to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted

1

to check; to stop; to keep back

1

to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove

1

physical evidence; material evidence

1

to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

2

to be frank; to drop all pretense

1

military personnel; soldier

2

to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

1

war situation; progress of a battle

2

military secret

1

censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming

1

taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group

1

to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)

1

deadlock; stalemate

1

easy to imagine

1

one thin flat object; one sheet

6

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

3

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

1

existential threat; life-or-death crisis

2

to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

4

conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation

2

return

4

material; tangible; concrete

1

abstract; immaterial; moral; spiritual; intangible

2

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

5

avarice

1

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

1

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

5

congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly

1

meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention

6

to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

2

be that as it may; even so; though that be so

1

limit

1

to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

1

melee

1

citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class

3

to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in

1

connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence

1

to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last

1

making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure

1

you; dear; honey

4

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

1

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

2