jpdb beta

France

1

community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border

1

expellee; purgee; exile

1

long period (of time)

1

several months

1

stay; sojourn

1

supporter; sponsor; patron; backer

1

(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas

2

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

3

interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions

3

desert

1

area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)

1

exploration party; expedition team

1

observer

1

to cast a shadow

1

public; official

1

research publication; scholarly publication

1

writing; book

3

printing

1

underground publication; underground publishing; samizdat

2

acquaintance; appreciative friend

1

circulation (esp. documents); sending round

1

publication

1

Vatican

1

father confessor; confessor

1

frank; candid; outspoken; unreserved

1

equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms

1

the same; the said; likewise

1

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

1

don't you think?; indicates question

12

ancestor; forefather; foremother

1

to hate each other; to hate mutually

1

standing while holding onto something (infant, toddler)

1

walking while holding on to something (such as a wall or table); cruising (i.e. children learning to walk)

1

pleasant; charming

1

progress; advance; improvement; development

1

cradle

3

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

2

lesson; precept; teachings; moral

2

distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process

1

indispensable; essential; necessary

1

one part; one portion; one section

1

vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel

1

kneecap

1

student (esp. a university student)

1

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

1

the same age; same period

1

rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit

3

to be entwined; to be involved

1

to sit; to squat; to be implicated

1