jpdb beta

please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake

2

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

2

to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)

1

nephew

1

management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting

1

true state; actual condition; reality

1

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

4

long time; long interval; for quite some time

1

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

3

because; as; since

9

I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

7

to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

1

vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag

5

patronage; protection

1

office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)

2

rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)

1

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

6

stopping at; going no further than

1

weak; frail; fragile

2

abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

3

being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)

7

backup

4

bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre

10

to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with

1

signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

2

bag; satchel; briefcase; basket

3

request; favour (to ask); wish; please

10

that is; namely; i.e.

3

degree of familiarity; popularity

1

van; truck; delivery van

1

to boost; to force up; to push up

2

new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

1

to be common

4

two periods; two terms

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

1

winning one's first election; being elected for the first time

6

supply; provision; raising; procurement

1

contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition

2

account (e.g. bank)

2

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

5

exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change

1

payment to the government

2

reform; innovation

12

fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent

12

nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband

12

father and child; father and son; father and daughter

1

surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)

2

mother

2

(one's parents') home

4

family name; house name; family honour; family honor

1