jpdb beta

quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift

1

reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising

2

decision; determination

1

help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

1

free (of charge); gratuitous

1

to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree

2

(political) power; authority; influence

2

one may well say so, but ...; even more than

1

regular customer; valued client

1

declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

1

to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

2

to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)

1

to order; to command; to appoint

2

twilight; sunset; dusk; evening

1

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

1

detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of

3

tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

1

party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner

1

tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

1

each floor

1

one room

1

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

2

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

two-storied building

1

in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan

1

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

1

no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

4

it's no joke; gimme a break!

1

to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)

1

nightly procession of monsters, spirits, etc.; veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about

1

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

2

most attractive feature (of a person)

1

panties; panty; briefs

1

equipment

2

to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt

1

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

1

borrowing; debt; loan

1

series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary

2

please; somehow or other; one way or another

1

hostage

1

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

1

Labor Standards Act

1

doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

2

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

4

without doing ...; don't

1

silent phone call (form of harassment)

1

courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness

1

puberty; adolescence

2

father; dad; husband; you; he

1

to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many

1