jpdb beta

share; portion; quota; cut

1

decrease; reduction; decline

1

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

2

measurement error; calculation error

1

how long; how far; how much

1

to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge

1

to bring someone along

2

profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

2

gray zone; grey zone; gray area

1

a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)

1

wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)

1

the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

1

adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach

1

misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity

1

interruption; interference; butting in

1

to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)

1

perception; sensing; noticing

1

grasp; catch; understanding

2

place; situation; position; location

3

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

4

all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden

1

second son

3

Deeg

59

around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing

3

shop; small store; business; firm

1

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

14

to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

2

one's house; one's home; one's family

3

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

4

long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop

1

rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new

1

to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove

1

Ōita (city, prefecture)

1

apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear

1

rival; competition

1

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

1

casting vote

1

to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

1

since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life

1

is never the case; has never happened

1

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

3

son; penis

3

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

2

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

10

older brother; elder brother

16

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

1

origin; beginning

1

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

3

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

1

second; number two; runner-up

1