jpdb beta

discarding; firing (an employee)

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traffic

1

huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

4

to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

1

to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched

2

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

1

bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming

1

considerably; fairly; quite

1

to become better; to improve

1

ha ha ha (laughter)

1

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

1

method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

1

to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up

1

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

1

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

1

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

6

New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

1

to return; to come back

5

perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

1

travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour

1

tomorrow; near future

1

shopping district; shopping street; downtown

1

proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress

1

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

1

who

4

New Year's Eve; December 31

2

bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

1

to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up

1

helper; assistant; help

1

olden days; former

1

outward appearance; apparent

1

to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

1

guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole

1

suffix for familiar person

3

cuttlefish; squid

3

by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

2

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

1

thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts

1

mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)

1

papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy

1

osechi; osechi-ryōri; traditional food eaten during the New Year's holidays

1

thank you

2

page of a magazine

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

1

minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

1

behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)

1

how many people; a number of people

1

counter for people

1

near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides

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