jpdb beta

plosive sound

1

good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark

1

business; errand; nature of one's business

1

corporate group; group businesses; group company; affiliated company

2

Africa

1

often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply

2

instruction; direction; briefing

3

when; at what moment; what time

1

concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)

2

small; little; few

1

to etch into one's mind; to remember well

2

to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous

1

attention; kind attention; courteous attention

2

device; equipment; machinery; apparatus

1

dramatic pose; grand gesture; grandstanding

1

rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous

1

inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing

6

truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity

4

serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow

1

end of this month

2

general meeting of stockholders

4

to take charge during someone's absence

1

absurd; unreasonable

1

early on; earlier on; from early

3

speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

1

managing director

2

afterimage; imprint

1

diplomatic issue

1

reprisals; retaliatory measures

1

bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess

1

to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite

1

left-of-center faction (group)

1

tribe; clan; house

2

to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

1

versus; vs.; v.

3

xenophobia; exclusion (of foreigners)

1

mainstream

1

offering one's opinion (to someone on something)

1

adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with

1

to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)

1

unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned

1

six (long cylindrical things)

3

izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks

6

customer one has never met before; first-time customer

1

formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)

2

popular (among the general public); populist; plebian; low-brow; widely liked

1

to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus

1

to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul

1

drinking habits; drunken behavior; drunken behaviour

1

to miss getting on (e.g. a plane)

1