jpdb beta

to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

1

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

4

deciphering; decoding

10

impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)

2

book; volume

2

in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)

1

suddenly; all of a sudden

3

(within a) city; local

3

impregnable

1

fort; stronghold; fortification

1

hideout; secret base of operations; safe house

5

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

2

first part; first volume; prequel

2

prologue; preface

1

you (plural)

1

what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

1

abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping

2

please; somehow or other; one way or another

3

help; assistance; service

1

diplomatic issue

2

to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

2

we; us; I; me

3

division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)

1

family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade

4

molars; back teeth

1

transmitter; homing device

1

Marcellus

2

theatre; theater; playhouse

2

ancient times; distant past; antiquity

2

historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site

4

why; how

4

revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out

1

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

1

supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

1

unusual book

3

the late; the deceased

2

Japanese person; Japanese people

1

man; male; masculine gender

2

person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

5

psychology

1

physics

1

space engineering

1

up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

1

all; every

2

field; sphere; realm; division; branch

1

being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche

1

scientist

4

brain science

1

seahorse; sea horse; hippocampus; walrus

1