jpdb beta

construction; establishment

1

management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

1

imperial capital

1

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

1

Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

1

going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people

1

door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

2

warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

2

managing director; executive director; routine business; regular business

3

dining together; mess

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

1

slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

1

holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)

1

arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant

1

tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko

1

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

1

prince; subordinate Kumano shrine

1

knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

1

bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

5

comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)

1

assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)

1

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

1

indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

2

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

2

normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station

1

success; hit

2

case; situation

1

new; fresh; novel

4

annual income

2

one third; a third part

1

remuneration; recompense; reward; toll

1

retainer fee (e.g. for a lawyer)

2

necessary expense

2

fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus

1

to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

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

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

1

nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may

1

amount of money; sum of money

1

personnel selection

1

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

1

time and effort; trouble

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

3

expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs

2

compression; condensation; constriction; compaction

1

extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

1

to be profitable; to yield a profit

1

could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

1