jpdb beta

big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with

1

call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question

1

reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer

1

talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting

1

mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable

1

summit meeting; top-level conference

2

cultural exchange

1

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition

1

to understand each other

1

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

9

basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...

1

elementary level; beginner level

1

textbook; manual

1

visit (from someone); call

1

every time; each round

5

in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

12

come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something

4

Manchu-Han Imperial Feast; three-day feast of Chinese delicacies held during the Qing dynasty

1

cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)

1

dry-cured ham

2

roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

1

hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)

1

sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)

2

saltiness

1

black pepper (Piper nigrum)

1

lemon juice (ingredient)

1

accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)

2

having a poor endgame; failing at the final stage; missing at the last turn; slacking off at the end

3

similar people

2

half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer

1

another thing; other things; another man's property

3

not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless

1

exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover

3

ground; (bare) earth

1

regular octahedron

11

illegal; illicit; unlawful

1

remodeling; remodelling; reconstruction; modding

9

different (quality, nature); heterogeneous

1

work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income

3

analysis

8

feeling of transparency; sense of translucence; clear and unclouded feel (e.g. of a voice, skin, etc.); bright and limpid impression; transparency (of a process, activity, etc.); clarity of how things work

1

nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about

1

cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor

2

to frown; to scowl

2

perfectly fitting phrase

4

ingredient; component; composition

5

to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession

3

company (i.e. business)

1

joining a company; getting a job with a company; starting work at a company

2

rookie

1