jpdb beta

printout; (computer) printing

2

origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning

2

to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

2

retirement

1

nowadays; recently

4

retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion

3

annuity; pension

3

hard (life); tough (world)

1

derailment; digression; deviation

3

mattress money

1

10,000,000; ten million

1

high class; high grade; high rank; seniority

11

unit price; unit cost

2

double marriage (in the same family); intermarriage

1

to be common

4

employee; worker

2

miscalculation

1

every time; each round

1

frequency (of occurrence)

8

at; in; on

1

blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank

1

to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree

1

coming to nothing

1

shit!; damn!

9

security

3

minor; not of age

3

to grow old

1

falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)

1

calling by name; designation; nomination

5

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

4

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

3

advanced age; old age

2

to defend oneself; to protect oneself

8

attaching (documents, etc.); appending; affixing

2

to tear off; to rip off

3

approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)

2

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

7

old man; old geezer

15

private management

1

snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie

3

juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink

4

poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

2

being in; being at home

2

again and again; repeatedly

2

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

to force open; to push open

1

trespassing; intrusion

1

dim; gloomy

2

to age; to grow old

4

to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate

1