jpdb beta

part; component

1

payment of debts; repayment

2

grey moustache; gray mustache; white beard

1

plaster cast; cast; gypsum; plaster of Paris

1

traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

1

painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate

3

minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough

4

to go into the minutest details

1

reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai

1

kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial

1

preparation; arrangements

5

roger; understood; OK

1

glove; mitten; mitt

2

to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to entrap

5

restoration (buildings, art, vehicles, etc.); (system) restore; recovery (file system, etc.)

1

none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it!

1

woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)

3

ill will; malice; evil intent

5

physical work; manual labour (labor)

1

strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength; force; violence

7

envelope

4

soba restaurant

3

because; for; the reason why is ...

5

pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance

1

to deduct; to take away

1

recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)

1

temper; disposition

1

earnings from a part-time job; part-time job pay

1

to give a reason

2

to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle

1

gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else

1

unparalleled in Japan, China and India

1

to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of

9

at work; in the midst of work; working

1

band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)

1

great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

7

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

1

part-time employer; place where one works part-time

1

miso soup

7

kindness; consideration

1

microwave oven

1

miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless

3

to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

2

by sheer strength; by brute force

3

message

1

business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy

2

to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour

1

news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact

1

to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award

5

wholeheartedly; with all one's heart; cordially; sincerely

1