jpdb beta

base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag

5

main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part

1

compared with

2

superiority; predominance

1

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

1

in many cases

2

original (text)

4

secondary source

1

fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages

2

biggest; greatest; largest; maximum

2

to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)

2

most suitable; optimum; optimal; best

5

circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)

17

to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest

2

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

1

conversely; on the contrary

1

to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

1

very likely; very probable

1

ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

1

to cultivate a better understanding

1

field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

1

university student; college student

1

cram school; private tutoring school; juku

2

lecturer

1

part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite

1

the exact opposite

2

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

2

firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)

1

schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus

1

meeting up; gathering; assembly; set

1

to set (sun); to become dark

1

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

1

pastoral; idyllic

1

environment; circumstance

7

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

1

cram school; private tutoring school

2

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

1

uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease

2

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

1

class

4

strangeness; abnormality; disorder

1

sharing; division; draw; tie

7

seating order

1

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

2

way; method; means; resource; course

2

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

1

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

2

doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

2

same; similar; (just) like; equal

2

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

7