jpdb beta

depression; recession; slump

1

production; manufacture

2

cost reduction; cost saving

1

(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people

1

economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless

4

optimist; easy-going person

2

regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension

1

workforce reduction; personnel cut

1

confused (situation); great fuss; much wrangling

3

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)

2

godparent; first person to give something its name

1

foster child; adopted animal (e.g. pet)

39

what number; rank?

1

order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence

1

you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!

2

likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences

3

female cat

1

to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed

3

affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)

2

selfish; self-indulgent; egotistical; self-centered

1

dismal; gloomy

1

sack dress

1

to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond

2

performer; entertainer; celebrity

8

superstar

1

coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment

1

salad

2

edamame (green soybeans)

2

to uncork a bottle

1

large beer mug

1

hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic

2

party (political); person who is fond of; fan of

2

neutral fat; neutral lipid; triglyceride

1

to advise strongly; to insist (on something)

1

(someone else's) daughter

2

minor; not of age

2

addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)

3

man who indulges women; gentleman; feminist

1

pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend

4

official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation

3

to make someone drink; to force someone to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable

2

Yoshiko

1

unheard-of; unprecedented

1

rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)

3

take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people

1

roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)

3

Hayashiya Sanpei (1925.11.30-1980.9.20)

1

Yoshiko

3

corner; nook; recess

1

audience; spectator; spectators

3