jpdb beta

cultural exchange; cross-cultural communication; contacts between different cultures

1

if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well

2

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

3

etiquette; courtesy

2

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

1

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

1

society; public; community; social studies

1

superior; superiors; senior

1

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

2

welcome; (warm) reception

4

person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager

3

(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

1

middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary

1

part; component

1

tch; ugh; damn

1

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

3

being very busy; busyness

1

to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

1

to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed

1

to check; to stop; to keep back

1

to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove

1

physical evidence; real evidence; material evidence

1

to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

2

to be frank; to drop all pretense

1

serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel

2

to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

1

war situation; progress of a battle

2

military secret

1

censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming

1

taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group

1

to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)

1

deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff

1

easy to imagine

1

one (thin, flat object); one sheet

6

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

3

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

1

existential threat; life-or-death crisis

2

to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

4

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

2

conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation

2

return; restoring; return (in tennis, etc.); return (key); return; profit

4

loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending

1

material; tangible; concrete

1

formless; immaterial; intangible; incorporeal; abstract; moral

2

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

5

avarice

1

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

1

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

5

congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly

1

conference with much socializing but little real progress; (lit.) the congress dances (but doesn't progress)

1