jpdb beta

(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups

4

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

15

to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

1

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

3

he; she; that guy

2

force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum

1

honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

7

far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

1

attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture

2

conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

14

ethics committee

12

to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate

3

how; in what way; circumstances

2

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

1

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

1

inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

1

acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning

1

any more; any further; any better; any longer

2

to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way

1

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

6

place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

1

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

2

reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising

1

Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)

7

notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties

1

establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)

4

learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

1

to precede; to forestall; to anticipate

1

strategic arrangement of go stones; opening moves; preparation; preparatory steps; groundwork

1

brake; drag; skid; restraint; curtailment; self-imposed limit

1

leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase

6

listing

1

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

5

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

1

which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon

1

to win; to gain victory

1

chair; stool; post; office; position

2

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

3

(committee) chairman; president

2

to aim for laughs; to play to the crowd

1

performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)

2

fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown

1

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

2

Sudou

2

clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff

9

today; this day

4

future; possible; potential; prospective

1

existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

6

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

3