jpdb beta

(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people

1

downsizing by laying off part-time and temp. workers

1

everyday occurrence

1

to finish; to graduate

2

uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient

1

happy family get-together

1

dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky

1

hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

1

just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way

1

each one separately

1

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

2

going home from work; on the way home from work

1

to have a drink; to have a few drinks

1

yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game

1

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

1

for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

2

peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity

1

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

2

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

1

flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple

1

one's house; one's home; one's family

3

to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

1

to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels

1

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

2

to have one's horizons broadened

1

in terms of; from the point of view of

1

that is; namely; i.e.

2

to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses

1

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

1

perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy

1

to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)

1

root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence

2

to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled

1

to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea

1

to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

2

from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

1

re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-

1

making a plan; recommendation; suggestion

1

good morning

1

to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)

1

at first; in the beginning; originally

1

dubious; puzzled; suspicious

1

appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

1

one week

1

foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature

3

100; hundred

3

leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress

2

(arch.) clearly; (arch.) brightly; cleanly; purely

1

sea; ocean; waters

2

any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever

1