jpdb beta

major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle

5

publisher; publishing house; publishing company

3

bank

1

original form; base form

1

to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

2

to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell

9

manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining

3

absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing

17

necessities; necessary article; requisite; essentials

1

to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards

6

phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line

3

box; box-shape; cube-type

1

cream (colour, color)

3

trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing

10

not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence

3

amiable; affable; likable

3

dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving

1

sending a manuscript to the printer; receiving a manuscript from the author

7

to move around

4

office automation; OA

7

device; equipment; machinery; apparatus

1

office

2

tension; strain

4

although; but; even though; I wish that

1

editor (in publishing, etc.)

8

irritating; frustrating

1

difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying

1

in a circle (ring)

4

to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

11

clerical desk; office desk

11

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

11

hardcover; hardback

2

literary magazine

1

book; publication

7

introductory essay

8

literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)

1

prompt decision; snap judgement; snap judgment

1

one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game

15

graduation certificate; diploma; testamur

1

polite; courteous; hospitable

5

audiovisual; adult video; porn video; pornographic video

13

unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette

6

essay

2

collection; compilation

2

weak point; vulnerable point; Achilles' heel

1

being moved (to tears); being touched (by); (falling) softly (of leaves, petals, etc.); becoming slightly drunk; becoming tipsy

1

in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short

1

sales promotion

1

sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around

10

cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps

5