jpdb beta

tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act

1

statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker

5

(not) in the slightest; (not) at all

1

tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

6

to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off

1

step by step; by degrees

1

travelling on foot; traveling on foot; travelling all over

1

to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)

2

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

11

middle part; medium depth (water); medium layer; medium-size; mid-level; medium-rise (building)

1

elevator landing; elevator hall

1

viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window

1

vista; distant view

2

inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)

6

floor above; floor upstairs

2

one third; a third part

2

two rows; double file

1

direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service

1

unfortunately; sorry, but ...

6

spreading out like an open fan; becoming prosperous; folding fan; ceremonial folding fan

1

slope

3

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

10

blue tarpaulin; blue plastic waterproof sheeting

2

to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate

5

beak; bill

1

originally

2

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

8

fundamental; basic

3

private automobile

1

coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

2

walking; going on foot

2

monorail

1

roadway

3

fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion

4

laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction

1

automatic; intransitive verb

9

transport; transportation

1

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

3

tiny area; tiny surface; (lit.) cat's forehead

1

to make up a shortfall; to cover a shortage; to compensate for a shortage; to fill a gap

1

A Plan for Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago (1972 LDP policy proposal)

1

being rich; having plenty of money; wallowing in money

1

infrastructure

2

maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development

3

straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

6

proposal; proposition; suggestion

3

excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle

1

pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention

1

paved road

1

aspiration; volunteering; desire; application

1