jpdb beta

satisfactory; desirable; favourable; seeming (to be); appearing

1

publishing department

1

to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled

1

to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved

1

unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome

4

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

answering machine; answerphone

1

to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss

1

divorce

1

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

1

(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit

1

to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off

2

idea commonly accepted by society; socially accepted idea

1

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

1

irresponsibility

1

trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess

1

to feign illness

1

not limited to; not just ...

1

to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy

1

within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts

2

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

1

our company

1

bonus

1

enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to

1

preparatory reading; preparation (for a lesson); reading through (e.g. a script); rehearsal (of a play)

1

newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens

1

subordinate; subordinates; inferior; inferiors; junior

1

smooth sailing

1

good at storytelling; good at telling (funny) stories; having the gift of gab

1

person willing to take on a role; willing candidate

1

guess; speculation; supposition

1

to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour

2

(lit.) to carry a bomb; to have a bomb about to go off; to have an imminent problem; to be in danger of relapse

1

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

1

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

2

to make contact

2

epidermal cell

2

four thousand; 4,000

1

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter

1

consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study

2

from the beginning

1

taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...

1

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

2

telephone company

2

main office; this office; this game (of go, shogi, etc.)

1

all over Japan; throughout Japan

2

telephone directory; telephone book; phone book

8

inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)

1

news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements

1

all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

1