jpdb beta

pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

7

purpose of a visit

1

lecture; address; speech

1

normally; habitually

1

for your reference; FYR; for your information; FYI

1

opinion; view; comment

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

1

(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of

1

plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick

1

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

1

crosspiece; bar; rail

1

jack

1

to cut into (a conversation); to interject

1

estrangement; alienation

3

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

1

having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance

1

Yamagata prefecture (Tōhoku area)

1

rope

2

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

3

evergreen oak

2

vise; jack; capstan

1

to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

2

physical

1

to build a house

3

wooden wall

2

to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling

1

reference; consultation

1

sharp-eyed

1

my husband; one's family; family member

1

nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging

1

unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy

1

detached building; solitary house

2

very recently; in the very recent past

1

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

2

to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment

1

risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh

1

to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of

3

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

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form; method; system; formula

1

order; sequence; procedure

2

section staff

1

to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

1

to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true

1

wainscoting; wainscotting; sliding door's decorative paper skirt

1

exception; exclusion

1

plasterer

1

windowpane; window glass

1

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

2

coating (esp. lacquering)

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

2