jpdb beta

expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

1

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

6

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

11

good grief

2

journal; magazine; periodical

1

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

1

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

5

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

3

after all; because; but; even; too; as well

2

hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

2

now; soon; already; yet; further; more

6

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

1

indicates question

12

yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

25

Murao

11

engineering firm; contractor

4

recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)

4

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

15

that's the way it is; such is life

2

is that so?

1

man; male; masculine gender

2

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

5

such; like that; that sort of; very

4

telephone call; telephone (device)

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

1

say; well; um; er

4

was; were

2

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

2

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

1

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

5

light work; light-duty work

1

daily wages

1

yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle

2

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

19

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

2

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

6

to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone

1

heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour

1

expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately

1

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

8

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

6

that's true; of course; obviously

3

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

1

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

1

allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance

1

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

1

a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily

8

body motion

1