jpdb beta

subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task

2

setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)

3

to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to

4

other people's affairs; someone else's problem

2

uneasy

1

each; respectively

2

taste; flavor; flavour

1

drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office

2

suited figure; person in a suit

1

gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike

1

each other; one another

3

to come face to face (with)

1

numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles

1

to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)

1

to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

1

easily; readily; with ease; without trouble

1

to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

3

underground economy; black economy

1

to build a nest; to nest; to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted

1

evil spirits of rivers and mountains

1

ten years; decade

1

safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury

1

two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)

1

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

2

tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

3

counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers

1

to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes

1

rank; ranking order; hierarchy

3

grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely

1

class consciousness

1

so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)

1

please ...

2

ultimatum

1

administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like

3

to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort

2

clearly (understand, see, hear, etc.); distinctly; perfectly; as if it were right in front of one

1

funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

1

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

2

recreation; diversion; relaxation

1

to want; to desire

1

double amount

1

one's carriage; one's demeanor; agility; body movements

1

interception (email); wiretap; bug

1

sneak photography; non-consensual photography; peeping photos; covert filming

1

magic

2

naked eye; the physical eye

2

in one's own way or style

1

to temper thoroughly; to train well

1

inside pocket

1