jpdb beta

thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article

1

copying by hand

1

academic world; academia; academic circles; scientific world; learned circles

1

Rhaeticus

4

becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice

1

pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person

2

to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)

15

manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution

1

printing

3

to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down

4

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

2

foreword; preface; introduction

1

addition; annexation; appendage

1

Melanchthon

2

Galilei

3

banning of books; banned book

1

proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification

5

hard to get; hard to come by

1

mathematical

1

lawfulness; legality; validity; legitimacy

1

sensible; sensuous; intuitive

2

endurance; stoicism

1

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

9

to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)

1

truth; real situation

1

absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only

2

to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return

2

possible; potential; practicable; feasible

4

solar system

1

to make the same; to have the same ...; to be of the same ...

4

spiritual world; mental world

1

wokou; wakō; Japanese pirates who raided the Chinese and Korean coastlines between the 13th and 16th centuries

54

curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case

1

darkness

2

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

3

Edo period (1603-1868)

5

new; fresh; novel

3

defend and maintain; support; protection

1

anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

7

trend of thought

1

far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

2

firm; strong; solid; stable

4

Edo shogunate (1603-1867); Tokugawa shogunate

7

frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

1

Ashikaga shogunate (i.e. the Muromachi shogunate, 1336-1573)

3

to speak ill of; to disparage

1

emphasis; stress; accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting; strong tone (of the market); firm tone

1

Nankou

1

enhancement (e.g. of national prestige); raising; heightening; promotion

1

loyalty to the Emperor (especially during the late Edo period movement to overthrow the shogunate)

1