jpdb beta

counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

4

employer

5

hostile party; enemy side

1

decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay

1

reform; reformation; reorganization

2

to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch

1

political strife

3

to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose

3

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

2

quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off

1

rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan

1

eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking

1

frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

3

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

2

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

6

perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance

5

to give a glance (at); to take one look at

4

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

2

disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

3

report; notification; registration

3

to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

5

one's family register; one's domicile; nationality; membership (club, party, etc.)

2

ordination (esp. Catholic)

3

due form; official; formality

6

person; member

2

a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon

2

to count; to enumerate

3

to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession

1

edict; public announcement

1

looking or acting as if one owned the place

1

to run around; to bustle about

1

unnatural; affected; studied; forced

2

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

2

not necessarily so; is not always true

4

maintaining the status quo

1

conservatives

5

system; institution; organization; organisation

2

reform; renovation

1

reformist

2

erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)

2

radical faction or group

3

to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)

1

compromise; giving in

1

selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary

4

to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

3

to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

2

correction; revision; amendment

2

quiet; dependable; uniform; (politically) moderate

1

intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)

2

(mutual) understanding; communication; passing without obstruction

1