jpdb beta

antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis

2

others; other people

3

to work as; to pursue as a vocation

1

(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience

1

only recently; just of late

1

eye for people; ability to judge character

1

makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament

1

to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word

1

inquiry; query; enquiry; query (of a database)

1

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

1

soon; before long; in the near future

4

fodder

2

going against one's will; contrary to one's intentions; going against one's desire; going contrary to one's wishes

1

to twitch

1

to suspect; to sense

1

22nd day of the month; 22 days

1

shout of joy; cry of pleasure; jubilant comments

1

(vocal) volume

1

consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg); one piece of sushi

5

postwar period; period after Second World War

1

meritorious war service

1

to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile

2

in this way; like this

1

borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)

1

great person; hero; mastermind; extraordinary person

3

clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate

2

passage; paragraph

2

irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going

2

Edwards

10

information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing

1

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

9

superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)

3

to be shrouded in mist; to be enveloped in fog

2

to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future

1

dirt under one's fingernails; shred (of decency, etc.); scrap; bit

1

to boil; to decoct; to infuse

1

ache; twinge

1

to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

1

mountain road; mountain trail

4

head of an army

1

staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising

1

petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization

1

high class; high grade

1

bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

1

to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

1

precipice; cliff; bluff

2

hollow; low ground; basin; pit; dip; depression

1

to ambush

1

all-out attack; general offensive

1

to be asked to give someone (a message, parcel, etc.); to be asked to tell someone (that); to be entrusted with

1