jpdb beta

yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)

7

principal occupation; core business

1

to invite in; to show someone in

3

office

1

first half

1

arrival; coming

1

next time it will be me who needs your help; when times are tough, we should help each other; we are all in this together

1

down payment; deposit

2

market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation

1

thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting

5

one house

5

poor (quality, conditions, etc.); bad; inferior; poor-quality

1

within; inside of; less than

2

tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits

3

borrower; debtor; tenant

1

will; desire; eagerness; interest; drive; motivation

2

unfairness; injustice; partiality

3

reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly

1

I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)

3

ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; plainclothes police officer

2

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

2

hello; good day; good afternoon

8

to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous

1

to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)

1

real estate

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

2

small; little

1

service; duty; work

1

schedule; program; calendar

4

shopping; purchased goods

2

spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal

6

to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)

1

perfectly fitting phrase

1

storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu

3

to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block

1

furniture

1

to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match

2

softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)

1

(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman

2

no match for; cannot compete with; cannot stand; cannot bear; unable to do; cannot do

1

to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

5

bold; daring; audacious

7

woman; lady; adult female

1

to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel

1

malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty

6

to grant someone's request; to do a favour

1

calm; composed; self-possessed; firm

1

to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

6

for one's age

1

consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion

9