jpdb beta

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

1

stability; steadiness; equilibrium

1

government worker; public servant; civil servant

1

school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress

1

brink; critical moment

1

nursing; care; caregiving; caring

2

how many years; how long; what year

1

cost; expense

1

8,000,000; eight million

2

to convert (a loan)

1

moon; month

1

how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

1

shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper

1

household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband

2

truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

5

the older child

1

finding employment; getting a job

3

younger child

1

university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

2

three years

1

life; living; I; me; student

1

money

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

1

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

1

look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!

4

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)

1

face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect

1

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

2

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

1

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

4

from the beginning; from scratch

2

executive allowance

1

salary; wages; pay

1

Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about

1

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

2

in comparison to; rather than

2

degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about

1

only; nothing but

1

valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement

1

instability; insecurity; crankiness

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

3

the times

2

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

1

sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid

3

so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already

4

absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

1

age; years

1

reemployment

2