jpdb beta

standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge

8

binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term

1

ninja

1

provincial official (under the ritsuryō system; esp. a governor)

1

betrayal; infidelity

2

to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order

2

execution; carrying out; execution; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple

2

to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work

2

one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group

2

familiar spirit; familiar

4

to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate

2

passage; paragraph

1

persuasion

14

to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine

1

openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face

1

to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck

3

international problem

6

last resort

1

actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

2

breakup of diplomatic relations; diplomatic break

3

believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan

12

standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)

2

crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)

1

to leave as is; to ignore

2

go home; get out

4

to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix

2

to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out

1

to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)

4

rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine

3

mysterious person

1

theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics

2

counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; even number; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)

2

trespassing; intrusion

2

holy knight

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as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...

4

to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by

18

swept back hair

2

to comb down; to smooth down

2

small mustache; short mustache

3

dictator; despot

1

cardinal (Catholic Church)

40

unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy

3

my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!

5

your highness; your grace; your eminence

77

call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question

8

to make eye contact

7

sounding each other out; probing each other

2

(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly

6

interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off

6

solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating

4