jpdb beta

(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people

1

employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson

6

person being waited for; person who waits

1

general; popular; common; typical

1

treat; banquet; feast; thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal

1

luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)

2

yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue; roasted meat; grill

3

Shinto shrine

3

blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)

1

delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition

1

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

1

green peas

2

not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it

1

pure

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cheap; reasonable

1

exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement

1

staff; member (club, society, etc.)

1

smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful

3

bibimbap (Korean rice dish)

3

basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote

1

suspicious character (person, figure)

1

slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); distractedly

1

a throw; a fall

1

gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance

1

personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis

1

between times; when there's a spare moment

1

on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually

1

taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals

1

bang on the money; spot on; right answer

1

degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction

3

bringing up; raising

1

chopsticks

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to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)

2

skirt steak; meat cut from the diaphragm; belly meat (e.g. salmon); peritoneal meat (e.g. chicken)

6

dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)

1

Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period

1

assassination

1

robbery and murder; murder during robbery

1

stomach-ache; stomach pain; gastralgia

1

completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow

1

cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection

2

implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope

1

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

1

silencing (e.g. machine); muffling; muting (e.g. TV)

1

reverse; rebirth; vomit

2

tongs

4

slit

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seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways

1

double-edged; double-edged blade

1

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

1