jpdb beta

after a long time; for the first time in a while

1

to complain about one's hard lot

1

person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

coordinator

1

Shimada Saburou

1

self-conceit; self-centeredness; vainglory

1

for work; in a manner related to work

1

human relations; personal relationships

1

to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck

1

to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances

1

feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

1

restaurant (esp. Western-style)

5

journal club; gathering to read and discuss papers, articles, books, etc.

2

Thursday

2

advocacy; proposal

1

foreign country

1

literature; books (reference); document

1

participation; joining; entry; adherence

1

disregarding; ignoring

2

koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

1

rice field

1

loment; lomentum

1

presenter

1

superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis

1

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

1

excerpt; extract; annotation; shō (unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml)

1

charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

2

Friday

1

whiteboard

1

to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post

1

table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor

1

Sunday

2

on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)

1

moment; instant

1

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

2

expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)

1

to feel under pressure; to feel impatient; to be in a hurry

1

caterer

1

perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side

1

ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run

1

proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress

1

management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)

1

household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband

1

driver; chauffeur

1

seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)

1

to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together

1

to set (sun); to become dark

1

cancellation

1

sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness

1