jpdb beta

special; particular; peculiar; unique

2

duty; function; office; mission; task

2

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but

1

cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing

7

company outing; company retreat

1

autumn; fall

1

athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day

5

winter

1

year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai

1

(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards

1

karaoke

1

every kind; all sorts

1

club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse

1

cheerleader

1

and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

3

occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

1

this year

2

skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough

1

personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs

1

such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

3

time; hour; period; class

2

to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

1

spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention

2

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

1

to spare time (for)

1

warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

1

productivity

1

the height of folly; sheer stupidity

1

to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck

2

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

4

with the exception of; excepting; excluding

1

and; thereupon; because of that

1

karoshi; death from overwork

1

(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly

1

money-making; earning money

5

to exert oneself

1

however

2

robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead

1

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

3

really; truly

2

to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position

1

small; compact

1

Dane; Dehn

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

1

taking the initiative

1

surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency

1

huge; big; gargantuan

1

Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce

1

to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around

1

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

2