jpdb beta

employment; hire

1

to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate

5

tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

1

entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual

1

on the occasion of; at the time of

2

to be selected (from among many people)

1

capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics

1

to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform

1

military gains; war results; fruit of battle

1

few in number

2

person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff

6

so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense

1

belongings; appendage; accessory

1

top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile

5

mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between

2

scarce; rare

1

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

2

university graduate; bachelor; bachelor's degree

2

to some extent; to a certain extent

2

to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest

1

resultant; consequential

1

manager; caretaker

1

position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint

1

safekeeping; temporary custody; claim check; deposit receipt; matter left undecided; unresolved issue

3

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

1

glory

4

to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)

1

dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion

3

emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness

2

revenge

15

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

1

time (three times, each time, etc.); times

1

answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising

1

doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

3

more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

4

treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like

3

to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

4

I see; that's right; indeed

6

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

4

gentleman

1

-like

1

nonchalant air; unruffled air

2

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

5

(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

2

beyond; across; the other side; the distance

9

correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with

5

having to be; must be; should be; ought to be

1

high and low; rise and fall

2

other side; opposite side; other party

2

standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)

1