jpdb beta

reform; reformation; reorganization

8

to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap

8

innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive

1

Perry Expedition (1853); arrival of the Black Ships

1

three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)

12

armaments; military preparations

4

strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement

2

shipyard; dock yard; shipbuilding yard

1

construction; establishment

14

first; new

1

Fire Dragon (53rd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1916, 1976, 2036)

1

district governor (under the ritsuryō system)

1

foundry; mint

1

(large) gun; cannon; artillery; long-ball hitter; home-run hitter

10

mass production

1

necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

12

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

1

latest; newest; late-breaking (news)

2

science and technology; technology; scientific techniques

1

research institute; (research) laboratory

1

south

3

garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment

3

manufactured goods; finished goods; product

1

crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis

1

modernization; modernisation

6

promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first

5

challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

1

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

18

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

7

suffix for familiar person

6

henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child

1

blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

5

Ginzou

1

treachery; betrayal; perfidy

3

to lose completely; to waste; to let slip away

1

immediately; promptly

3

retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion

5

to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge

14

regret; repentance; remorse

3

to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive

1

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated

1

trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse

1

to await; to wait for; to expect

2

other people's affairs; someone else's problem

1

fine day; clear day; formal occasion

1

lettuce

2

secret; secrecy

1

congratulations!

1

congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

6

bride

1