jpdb beta

engineering works; civil engineering; public works

1

(one's) pay; wages

2

area; region

3

to face on; to look out on to

1

half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous

1

oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

4

to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

2

limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)

1

accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission

1

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

1

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

2

chief; main; principal; major

1

construction work

1

to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away

1

conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)

1

1,000,000,000; billion

1

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

1

glass; pane

1

manufactured goods; finished goods; product

1

approximately the same

1

stay; sojourn

4

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

1

months (period of)

1

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

1

two weeks; fortnight

1

as planned

1

northwest

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mountain district

2

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

3

early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar

1

warm; mild; genial

1

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

2

site; point on a map; spot

1

unveiling; debut; introduction

1

meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club

1

body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop

2

with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by

1

baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)

2

receiving (from a superior); bestowed

1

idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

2

wyvern (two-legged dragon); wivern

1

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

1

kind; variety; (biological) species; (logical) species

1

inhabiting; living

1

to differ; to vary; to disagree

1

to come and go; to go back and forth

3

equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

1

tenth day of the month; ten days

1

seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

1

comfortable; pleasant

2