jpdb beta

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

5

proposal; offer; request; application

2

extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism

2

document; official papers

4

promptly

1

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

2

just one person; only one

1

affirmative vote; yes vote; aye

1

to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

1

no sleep or rest; working day and night

1

draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)

1

to knead well; to polish; to refine

1

short; brief

1

under one's eyes; below one's eyes

6

landing; alighting; touch down

2

forming a circle; circular formation (orig. in battle); huddle; ring

1

guard; sentinel; garrison

2

meeting; reception

1

simple; plain; modest

1

guard of honor; guard of honour

1

orchestra; band

1

wartime

1

supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

1

queen; female champion

3

speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one

3

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

1

to look at; to gaze; to stare at

4

to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

1

inner citadel; core; center; centre

2

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

1

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

1

to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

1

whispering into a person's ear

1

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

2

uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual

1

long military service; having experienced many battles

1

brave warrior; hero; brave man

1

to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

1

good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

1

to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

1

poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

1

proposal; proposition; suggestion

4

probability; likelihood; chances

1

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

2

black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person

1

entirely; completely; all; nothing but

1

welcome!; nice to see you!

1

imperial visit

1

welcome; reception

1

polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy

1