jpdb beta

for the time being; for the present; immediate; present; for some time (after); current account

1

money; metal

2

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

1

reliance; trust; faith; confidence

4

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

6

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

12

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

7

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

8

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

2

timing

5

to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard

3

very; extremely; that is

7

(some) more; even more; longer; further

12

sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful

1

to show; to display

16

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

7

long-range plan

1

huge; big; gargantuan

6

sponsor

1

to be needed; to be wanted

1

et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like

1

sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

3

to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out

1

small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt

7

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

4

they

4

treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like

10

which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon

5

true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

1

superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic

2

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

14

excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury

1

to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly

2

to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)

11

to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

10

paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living

1

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

39

style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

3

common saying; everyday talk; common parlance

1

guess; conjecture

14

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

20

to (do) like this

1

checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers

2

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

1

to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)

1

survivor

5

wariness

1

to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate

1

ideal; ideals

2

trailing; chasing after; imitation; copy

1