jpdb beta

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

4

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

3

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

1

shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable

2

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

1

indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very

16

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

1

inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)

1

one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money

1

to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

2

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

4

profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing

1

operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing

1

sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

4

please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

1

pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation

2

parents; both parents

2

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

1

synthetic rubber

1

manufacture; production

1

small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop

1

management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting

1

she; her; girlfriend

2

-years-old

1

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

1

factory; plant; mill; workshop

1

patented technology

1

factory worker

1

making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)

2

(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

1

hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff

1

senior high school; high school

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)

1

to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

1

after that; afterwards; thereafter

1

several years

1

law office; lawyer's office; attorney's office

1

clerk; office worker; office staff

1

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

1

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

4

to; towards; for

2

to drift (to); to be washed ashore

1

to be silent; to say nothing

4

to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter

1

but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

3

trespassing; intrusion

2

accomplice; henchman

1

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

1

direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...

1

to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

2