jpdb beta

in the mountains; among the mountains

5

good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield

5

serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

5

hereabouts; around here

1

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

3

accounting department

4

business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

6

opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person

12

after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

9

to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

4

home area; home town; local

1

taxi

1

driver; chauffeur

1

beef tongue (a specialty of Sendai); ox tongue

1

head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine

1

be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)

12

is not; am not; are not

1

to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

2

to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry

1

expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs

2

injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity

2

to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

3

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

3

reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)

2

hotel

2

simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses); hand-written receipt

6

proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification

4

indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions

3

meaning; called; said

16

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

11

reaction; response

2

troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle

1

to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

6

to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)

1

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

1

break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room

1

rooftop

1

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

17

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

8

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

3

reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

3

once more; again

10

should do; ought to do

4

capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel

2

false charge

1

to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

7

loss (of assets, profit, etc.)

1

to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

1

for today; for the time being

1