jpdb beta

driver (of a vehicle); screwdriver; driver (golf); driver; device driver

1

staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor

14

traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

1

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

20

laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction

1

very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just

1

influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

12

lady; gentleman; person

1

merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience

1

even though; despite; when

3

precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right

1

to hesitate; to waver

5

dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now

1

regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate

1

switching over to; migration; transition

1

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

8

secondary

1

to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

1

to have orderly plans; to be systematic

1

chain of command

2

to fight against; to oppose; to face

3

to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

2

how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

1

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

10

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

1

don't you think?; indicates question

5

apology; excuse

2

to feel; to sense; to experience

9

to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy

3

two blessings at once; flanked by two beautiful women

1

real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

2

trembling with excitement

1

grandiose; exaggerated

4

watchdog

2

duty; role; function

4

one and only; unique

1

to do one's best

1

with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically

2

fireworks

3

appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right

2

route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

2

offering one's opinion (to someone on something)

2

peremptory command; must-obey order; absolute instruction; categorical imperative

2

short distance

6

evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat

25

casualties; injuries and deaths

4

serious damage; drubbing

4

light vehicle lacking a motor (e.g. cart, bicycle)

2

crushing defeat

1

labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions

1