jpdb beta

desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

3

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

1

testimony; (verbal) evidence

4

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

2

please; somehow or other; one way or another

2

confidentially; privately; off the record

1

office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)

1

stop button (on a bus)

1

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

1

seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)

1

image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)

1

alibi

1

to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical

2

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

1

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

1

week

1

to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored

2

meal; dinner; diet

1

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

2

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

1

progress; development

1

report; information

1

to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

4

if so; in that case

1

shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted

1

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

2

narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable

3

-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now

2

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

2

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

1

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

1

note; memo; memorandum

1

soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

1

enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten

1

grandchild

1

child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting

1

abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

1

chasing out ogres; exterminating ogres

1

to apologize; to apologise

1

villager

1

on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with

1

end; conclusion

1

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

2

depiction; description; portrayal

1

should not; must not

1

change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment

1

to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

1

the same as this

1

handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission

1