jpdb beta

money-making; commercialized; commercialised

1

pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after

4

sidelong glance; short grain (paper)

2

gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday

2

to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched

3

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

2

important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident

12

to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)

2

mission; errand; task; duty; obligation

1

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

12

in a positive sense of the word; in the best sense of the word; in a good way

1

class system

3

demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment

2

postwar period; period after Second World War

2

communism

1

famous piece of music; excellent song; (musical) masterpiece

1

tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge

1

pure literature; belles-lettres

1

extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation

2

hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord

1

as if; as though

1

when; at what point

1

to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

2

quietly; soundlessly

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

8

snobbism

4

reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

8

survival; remaining; being extant; being left

1

towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

1

the Berlin Wall

1

fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

2

commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise

2

selling by the piece

1

huge; gigantic; enormous

2

circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional

1

funds; capital

3

leveling; levelling; equalization; alleviation (e.g. of unemployment); harmonization

1

history

6

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

4

point of view

6

for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

2

several (levels, floors)

1

evolution; progress

2

Macarthur; McArthur

1

general; shogun

1

Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2

2

after

5

class system; caste system; hierarchical system

1

work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty

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