jpdb beta

national interest

1

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

4

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

3

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

1

to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off

2

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

1

indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm

16

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

1

inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)

1

one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money

1

to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)

2

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

4

profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing

1

operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing

1

sound; noise; (musical) note; fame

4

please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

1

pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation

2

parents; both parents

2

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

1

synthetic rubber

1

manufacture; production

1

small factory in town; (small) backstreet workshop

1

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

1

she; her; girlfriend

2

... years old; age (of) ...

1

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

1

factory; plant; mill; workshop

1

patented technology

1

factory worker

1

making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)

2

(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

1

hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff

1

senior high school; high school

1

university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

1

to learn; to study; to take lessons in

1

after that; afterwards; thereafter

1

several years

1

law office; lawyer's office; attorney's office

1

clerk; office worker; office staff

1

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

1

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

4

to; towards; for

2

to drift (to); to be washed ashore

1

to be silent; to say nothing

4

to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter

1

but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

3

trespassing; intrusion

2

accomplice; co-conspirator

1

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...

1

direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...

1