jpdb beta

reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)

1

difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect

31

myth; legend

2

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

1

girls' school

24

English (language)

1

discussion; deliberation; thought; opinion

1

professional education; vocational training

1

new student

5

decrease; reduction; decline

3

to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

1

low intelligence; low IQ; feeble-mindedness; unintelligent person; person with a low IQ

2

feudalism

1

several years

1

(undesirable but) inseparable relationship

3

cause for headaches; pain in the neck; source of worry

1

unskillfulness

2

to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight

2

equal rights among men and women

1

shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream

1

dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome

1

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

1

democracy

3

gender equality; equal rights for both sexes; equality of the sexes

1

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

2

doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation

4

dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar

1

creche; day nursery

1

cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together

1

not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

2

motherhood; maternity

1

warring nations; belligerents

1

shorthanded; understaffed

1

when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; (lit.) when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked

1

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

1

disused; unused; useless; wasteful; of no use

1

to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

1

keen; acute; heartfelt

1

to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)

1

war communism (Russia, 1918-1921); military communism

1

New Economic Policy (Soviet Union, 1922-1928); NEP

1

since; henceforth

10

to become better; to improve

2

nowhere

3

equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence

1

further; besides; moreover; in addition to

1

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

3

younger generation

1

international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan

4

mobility

1