jpdb beta

lowercase letter; small letter

1

nuance

2

writing; composition; essay; sentence

2

numeral; digit; figure; number; a few characters

24

might as well

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katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

2

kana indicating the pronunciation of kanji; furigana

1

unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently

1

to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)

1

expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face

7

word; vocabulary

7

merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

1

hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8

1

1,000,000,000; billion

1

at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

2

to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark

6

such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?

2

a long time ago; in those days

1

Arabic numeral

11

Chinese numerals; kanji numerals

1

sticks used for calculations; divining rods

1

abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning

1

calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation

8

obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs; calculating the values of two unknown quantities from their unit total and the total of one of their attributes

1

early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning

2

simultaneous equations; system of equations

1

water's surface

1

to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

1

water plant; aquatic plant; waterweed; hydrophyte

1

Pythagorean theorem

1

moat; fosse; canal; ditch

1

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

1

merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family

1

daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

1

supply; supplying; replenishment

2

minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough

2

example; instance; precedent; custom; habit

2

seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

1

mathematics

2

to build; to construct

2

architecture

1

high class; high grade

1

rule of thumb

1

terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking

1

especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

1

territory; domain; field; area; domain; region

1

Arabic numeral

2

base (of a polygon); bottom (of the social scale); lower levels; base (e.g. of support); foundation

1

population; common talk

1

ordinary person; average person; mediocre person

1