jpdb beta

humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

1

fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent

4

history

4

old friend; old pal

1

bank; coast; shore

1

to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to cut (someone) down; to slay

3

bed of nails; bed of thorns; bed of needles

1

to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)

1

secrecy; highly classified information

1

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

2

sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent

2

tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard

2

explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence

1

real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope

1

disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty

3

to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)

1

crafty courtier; traitor

1

military affairs; military service

1

successor

1

hair; fur; wool; down; plumage

2

counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

2

to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan; to be declared the winner

1

definite; final; decisive; conclusive

1

100,000; hundred thousand

1

book; volume; this; present; main; head; real

15

maze; labyrinth; inner ear

1

hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate); extraction; pulling out

1

to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)

1

(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director

2

lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth

1

800,000; eight hundred thousand

1

to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down

1

three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China

4

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

1

most difficult; next to impossible

1

triangular position; three-cornered contest

2

king; sovereign; daimyo with a domain of one or more provinces (Edo period)

1

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

2

land war

1

weak point; unskillfulness

1

to encourage; to cheer

1

effective; successful

2

no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

1

3rd day of the month; three days

11

war council

4

joke; jest; gag

2

severe punishment; rigorous measures

1

written oath

2

riverbank; riverside

1

craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman

2