jpdb beta

to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs

3

to make a gesture or say something during a break in conversation, playing of songs, etc.; to interrupt

1

deep breath

2

unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate

1

I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality

1

to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

4

further; above (that); greater (than that); any more

11

to sob; to be choked with tears

2

any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer

6

cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry

4

one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task

1

glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)

3

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

4

Yang energy; spirit

1

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

3

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in

1

captain (of a Japanese-style boat); skipper; boatman; oarsman; head of a fishing crew; fishing master

1

all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

7

all; as much as possible

1

to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

1

despair; hopelessness

5

to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam

1

Great Japan

1

toast (to someone; esp. the deceased at a post-ceremony meal); drinking to someone's health (or memory)

1

right in the middle (of); midst; height

2

the relation of master to servant; homage; master-slave relationship

1

query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

6

curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

1

along with; in line with; following; due to; as a result of; in accordance with

1

managing director

2

auditor; inspector

1

in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma

2

taxation business

1

accountant

2

associated company

1

one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan

2

yearly (annual) turnover

2

nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops

1

to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

1

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

10

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

2

return; reversion; comeback; carriage return

6

cousin (male)

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older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella

2

trading company

8

oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin

1

natural gas

1

ore; mineral; crystal

2

world economy; international economy

1

assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)

3