jpdb beta

hope; wish; aspiration

1

a certain ...; some ...

2

assistant professor

7

public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public offering (of securities); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment

3

notice; notification

1

pharmaceutical department; college of pharmacy

2

postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)

9

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

1

the whole country

1

in swarms; in great crowds

1

application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment

3

seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

5

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

3

of course; certainly; naturally

4

two persons; two people; pair; couple

1

rival; competition

1

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

1

hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)

1

yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat

1

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

1

salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

1

please

5

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

2

haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch

1

matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case

1

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

1

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

1

um; er; nuh-uh; no; oof

1

door (Western-style, car, etc.)

1

to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober

2

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

3

as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

2

endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

2

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

2

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

1

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

1

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

1

meaning; significance; sense

2

excuse; explanation

1

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

1

until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

5

feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment

1

chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach

2

to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

2

spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention

2

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

1

document; official papers

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

1

two; 2

1