jpdb beta

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

3

answering machine; answerphone

1

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

4

how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)

5

to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

1

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

1

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

2

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

1

end of the month

1

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

3

sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

1

outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough

1

how; in what way; by what means

1

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

5

telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration

1

to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

1

un-; non-; negative prefix

1

authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers

1

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

2

physical condition; state of health

1

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

1

stocking; buying up

2

to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding

1

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

1

the one before last; two generations, etc. previous

2

to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to

1

at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

1

to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish

2

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

2

and then; after that

1

three generations; three periods; third generation

1

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

1

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

1

to abandon; to give up on; to desert

1

flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda

1

miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

1

spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons

1

season; time of year

1

one by one; each; every; at intervals of

1

most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest

3

cooking; food preparation

1

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

3

family precepts; family motto; rule of the home

1

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

2

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

1

-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now

2

as a child; when one was a child

1

tradition; convention

1

to take over; to hand over

1