jpdb beta

business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs

4

to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

1

disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss

1

a dime a dozen; two a penny

1

to have dealings with; to get involved with; to pay attention to; to take notice of

1

with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes

1

alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family

1

difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect

1

to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance

3

to reach; to get to; to arrive at

1

every evening; night after night

1

to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam

3

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

1

report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing

2

to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)

4

council

2

record of proceedings; minutes

2

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

1

inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)

1

sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging

1

secretary; councillor; councilor

1

producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other

1

engine; agency; organisation; system; facility

1

ordinary citizen; the general public

1

using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on

2

pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); pharmacist; druggist; chemist

1

to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish

1

art brings bread

1

I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...

1

if so; in that case; in that situation

2

definite; final; decisive; conclusive

1

to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)

1

rather than (do ...)

1

outside of one's area of expertise; outside one's field

1

to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

2

library (usu. single-room); small library

1

bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

2

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

2

to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)

1

to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)

1

perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility

1

book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books

1

achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service

1

shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear

1

evidence; proof

2

to have an interest (in)

1

to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by

1

glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off

1

to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up

1

to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post

1