jpdb beta

woodworking; woodworker; carpenter

25

to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

3

windy; windswept; receive harsh treatment

2

to assist; to help out

2

cold-bloodedness; coldheartedness

1

brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person

1

exposure to wind; severe criticism

2

tenacity; endurance

5

recipe (cooking)

2

to attract someone with food

1

to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

3

penmanship; calligraphy

1

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

1

whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard

16

thin strip of bamboo

17

roundish; sort of round

2

quadrilateral; square

5

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

1

(addressee's) name; (recipient's) name and address

1

sender

1

to address

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

3

doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary

5

discarding; firing (an employee)

5

worst; worst-case (scenario)

2

you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!

2

glancing (look)

30

inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through

1

(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go

3

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

24

husband

3

payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

2

opening fully; full throttle; full power

1

smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

6

being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other

4

high class; high grade; high rank; seniority

17

manners; etiquette

6

countermeasure; counter-measure

2

to be greedy; to devour greedily

1

to kill time

1

to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)

11

listings magazine; (lit.) information magazine

1

word of mouth; comments written online (about a product, service, etc.); online reviews

1

business world; business circles; (the) industry

1

brother-in-law; stepbrother; sworn brother

1

to be profitable; to yield a profit

2

shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable

21

guard; watchman

16

good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do

38

trifling; trivial

2