jpdb beta

postwar period; period after Second World War

2

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

2

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

1

environment; circumstance

1

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

91

stability; steadiness; equilibrium

2

Earth; the globe

4

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

27

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

84

people; men and women; each person; everybody

2

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

3

(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

1

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

48

gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees

1

to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover

2

large-scale

1

shelter

1

by means of; due to; because of; according to

1

tens of thousands

1

unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of

1

to survive; to live long

1

many; much; plenty; hardly

1

small; little; tiny

1

independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

1

state; country; nation

1

to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up

1

the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous

5

population; common talk

1

all people; everybody; ten thousand people

1

this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

6

pre-war days; before the war

3

one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N

1

also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

2

to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire

1

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

11

but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

1

still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

1

glory

1

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

15

(political) power; authority; influence

1

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

3

person

1

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

8

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

50

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

3

secret information; intelligence

1

summarization; summary; generalization; review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)

1

government service; the bureaucracy

1

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

1

to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

2