jpdb beta

armed forces; battle troops

1

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

3

the very thing; itself

1

group of languages (i.e. the Romance languages, considered as a subset of the Italic languages); group of words

1

annals; chronicle; chronology

3

colored pencil; coloured pencil

1

to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution

1

reason for being; raison d'être

1

search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation

1

missing link (e.g. transitional fossil)

1

allocation; appropriation

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

2

foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone

1

derivation

1

creating anew; recreation; re-creation

1

to inherit; to succeed; to take over

1

keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term

1

coincidence

2

to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)

1

parent and child

1

action; operation; effect; function

1

oral; verbal; spoken; parol

1

handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission

1

to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from

2

increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation

1

ruin; destruction; fall

2

consistently; unchangingly; throughout

1

engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in

5

extent; scope; sphere; range; span

2

long and large; tall and large; grand; huge

2

group; bunch; crowd; group

1

entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly

3

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

2

point in common; common feature

1

one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand

3

to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase

1

to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against

1

Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)

2

bar; pub; tavern

1

candle

1

next; then; after that

1

fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

1

puzzle

1

elbow

4

how are you?

1

the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all

4

a bit more; a bit longer

1

with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around

2

cockroach

1

debt collection; debt collector

1