jpdb beta

desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech

1

outside telephone line; outer circle

2

Tomah; Thoma

1

ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt

1

to exchange greetings

1

manpower; labor force; workers

3

after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after

1

diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies

2

tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance

2

inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive

1

soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction

1

handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler

1

impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag

1

having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)

1

to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off

1

originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)

2

at that time; that time

2

natural virtue; personal virtue

1

gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)

1

long time; long interval; for quite some time

1

separation; living separately; living apart

3

token (gesture, gift, etc.); (done) for form's sake; for the sake of appearances

1

Miyagi (prefecture)

1

salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt); cooking a fish inside a salt crust; candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)

8

to lower; to be lowered

1

dizzying (speed, changes, etc.); rapid; drastic; bewildering; hectic; bustling (e.g. world)

1

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

1

Catholic; Catholicism; Catholic Church

1

to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience

1

Sendai (city in Miyagi)

5

short pause; short interval

1

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)

1

telephone (device)

1

from now on; hereafter

1

coming; going

1

to be; to come; to go

3

church; congregation

4

chapel; building used for worship (in front of the main hall of a Buddhist temple)

2

crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

1

we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

2

holding a ceremony; wedding ceremony

2

interview; oral examination

1

to have a talk; to tell a story

2

to feel depressed; to be down

1

ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony

1

guide map

1

fax; facsimile; fax machine

2

number; series of digits

3

clear writing; specification

1

to remember; to keep in mind

1