jpdb beta

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

15

top-class

1

head; brains; intellect; understanding

1

to gather; to collect; to assemble

3

United States men's Olympic basketball team

1

around the world; throughout the world

3

to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

1

yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr

3

Nobel laureate; Nobel-Prize winner

1

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

8

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

2

conviction; belief; confidence

1

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

1

financial institutions; banking facilities

11

by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

5

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

1

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

6

gambling

7

to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into

1

instinct

1

recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition

1

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

1

concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works

1

(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large

1

to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements)

2

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

1

honorific/polite/humble prefix

7

listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking (a company) public; performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation

9

index fund

71

Tokyo Stock Price Index; TOPIX

21

entering tone (in Chinese)

5

foreign country

11

evaluation criteria; evaluation standard

1

why; how; for what reason

4

that; the matter in question

1

natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

6

reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason

6

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

2

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

4

deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe

1

frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise

1

to answer; to reply

2

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

1

high-risk

8

high return

7

correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement

1

mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

1

instability; insecurity; crankiness

1

remuneration; recompense; reward; toll

1

adding (an extra amount); increasing; tacking on (a charge)

1