jpdb beta

goodness; good

1

servant; manservant; menial

1

Japan; the (Japanese) empire

1

union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)

1

leadership; initiative; spearhead

1

total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale

1

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

1

new government; new administration

1

puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute

1

invasion

1

whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

1

to rock; to shake; to swing

1

how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

6

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

1

(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

1

to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

1

bolt from the blue; great surprise

1

medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

1

small child; kid; kiddy; tot; rug rat; ankle-biter

1

expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

1

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

1

persuasion

1

lower floor

1

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

1

never; not at all

1

politics; government

2

creed; belief; conviction; article of faith

1

another thing; exception; special case

1

to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)

1

huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

1

row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows

1

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

1

countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick

1

end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part

1

distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness

1

extent; scope; sphere; range; span

1

deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick

1

to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one

1

eyelashes

1

to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

1

degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about

1

one hour

1

dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

2

fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

1

helplessly; reluctantly

2

perfunctory; cursory; passing; chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray

1

it's been a long time; long time no see

1

stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

1

school friend

1

age; years

1