jpdb beta

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

2

strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

3

progressive (worsening disease or condition)

4

fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent

1

Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western

1

Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)

1

ta-dah!; ta-da!; voilà!

1

possibly; by some possibility; perhaps

1

to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

2

first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag

1

verification; inspection

1

sure; yeah; I know

1

transfer fee (e.g. in football)

1

member of the Diet; Diet member; member of parliament; MP

2

Democratic Liberal Party (1948-1950)

1

House of Councillors election; upper house election

1

in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1

attraction; lure; invitation

1

I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason

2

to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

3

influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

2

perfectionist

1

several tens

1

very much; exceedingly; extremely

1

eye-witness; witness

1

perfect; complete

1

indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided

1

honour; honor; glory; privilege

1

battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

1

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

1

to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down

1

to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

1

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

2

same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism

2

to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)

1

electronic device; electronic equipment; electronics

1

studying very hard; studying like mad

1

aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support

1

resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)

1

financing company; credit firm

1

to repeat; to do something over again

1

unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed

1

to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

2

expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

1

extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

1

to leave the company

1

four years

1

last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

1

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

1