jpdb beta

very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow

1

ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics

2

to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles

1

official regulations; inner rules

11

to be ahead of

1

to step over or across; to overcome

1

to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple

1

to dance

1

immediately; at once; instantly

2

parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

1

to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to accompany; to go with; to associate with (someone); to mix with

1

creed; belief; conviction; article of faith

3

years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past

1

(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague

1

law and order; discipline

2

committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting

4

at the meeting; on the occasion

1

that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that

1

important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition

7

common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge

1

complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation

1

huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

1

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

31

be (that) as it may; having said that

3

approval

1

Bank of Japan; BOJ; BoJ

2

president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank); party leader (esp. LDP)

1

writer; author

1

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

4

because; the reason why is

1

around the world; throughout the world

3

to hold fast; to protect to the end

1

mission; errand; task; duty; obligation

2

personal appearance; character; personality

2

prank; practical joke

1

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

5

details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars

1

to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)

1

trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal

1

to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone

1

old friend; old acquaintance

1

chief public prosecutor

7

(not) one

3

reminder

1

crime

1

to be settled; to be brought to an end

1

intention; idea; inclination; wish

2

aforementioned; above-mentioned

2

one's person; around one's person

1

full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end

1