jpdb beta

next; secondly; subsequently

1

U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)

2

to come back

1

to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation); to fire (a person)

2

finding employment; getting a job

5

new graduate; recent graduate

1

glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)

2

excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home

2

government office; agency; board

1

to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader

1

information exchange

1

difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)

6

time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season

1

serving customers; looking after visitors; reception

3

reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation

2

to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone

1

to be kind to; to treat kindly

9

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

11

no matter what; whatever you say; in the end

2

potato salad

3

large plate; platter

1

table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor

1

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

1

leftover food; leftovers; food scraps

1

restaurant

2

safe; certain

3

omurice; fried rice wrapped in or topped with omelette

5

chit; sales slip; voucher

1

oral; verbal; spoken; parol

3

contact address

2

afternoon; p.m.

9

two o'clock

1

to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to

1

person who makes unreasonable complaints to a company; incessant complainer; chronic complainer

1

mental fatigue; worry; boredom

1

cold; short; curt; blunt

2

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

1

hesitantly; timidly; diffidently

2

to mean

1

trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

7

charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

9

operating a cash register

1

closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business

2

smile

16

(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court

1

hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

2

permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of

1

to live; to make a living; to get on with

1

catch; playing catch

2

distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)

1