jpdb beta

national characteristics

2

region; limits; stage; level

3

unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious

5

training; drill; practice; discipline

3

to come within sight

7

mother

17

to keep watching; to continue looking at; to gaze at

1

Sorbonne

2

biology

1

another (person); the other person; one more (person)

2

(special) correspondent (e.g. for a newspaper); representative; delegate

6

chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse

2

whiteness

2

appointment; rendezvous; date

1

bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me

1

seeing for the first time; first sight

2

thread; strand; string

1

to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in

5

rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy

1

rhythm

2

political argument

1

one week

6

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

3

gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot

1

to conjecture; to comprehend; to surmise; to understand; to estimate

4

in detail; minutely; at great length; unceasing; continuous; unbroken

1

to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention

11

right and wrong

2

each time; every time; thank you for your continued patronage; thank you for your support; hello; I'm coming in

1

constant quarreling; constant quarrelling; bickering; wrangling

1

self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation

2

break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; patch of blue sky; (arch.) period of serenity

1

anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject

6

missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

3

if; in case; supposing

2

admirable; laudable

1

soon; shortly; nearly; almost

4

jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling

1

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

2

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

12

to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)

1

inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)

8

where to?; whither?

5

university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)

8

to dash (water, etc.; on someone or something); to throw (on); to pour (over)

1

casually (come or go); aimlessly; abruptly; detached (from the world); aloof

2

to hit hard; to strike hard

2

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

3

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

5

arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself

2