jpdb beta

common knowledge; well-known fact

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secret agreement

3

cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)

1

notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)

1

matter of time; question of time

2

sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

1

triumphant air; smugness

2

breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off; rupture

1

to not believe one's ears

1

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing

2

to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)

1

manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour

3

way of speaking; intimation

3

to see; to look; to watch; to try to ...

1

to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding

1

even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still

1

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

2

food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply

6

export; exportation; efferent

2

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

3

the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)

1

the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district

1

food situation

1

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

3

insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

2

import; importation; introduction; afferent

1

dependence; reliance

1

indirect

1

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

1

dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme

2

armed might; military power; the sword; force

2

other than; excluding; without

1

sad to say; how sad; alas

2

in plain words; in plain terms; put simply

1

reinforcement

4

to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)

1

one soldier

1

agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning

3

least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

1

10,000; ten thousand; 10^4

1

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

3

sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile

2

unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point

1

any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away

1

eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

3

to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle

2

balance

2

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

4

just because; even if; even though

1

walk; stroll

1