jpdb beta

to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

4

fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

1

dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner

1

shipping industry; shipping business; marine transportation business

1

offshore oil field

1

digging out; excavation

1

territorial waters

1

bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine

2

to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

1

alternative energy

1

source; origin

1

methane hydrate

1

interest; rights; concession

1

to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern

1

international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan

1

influence; clout; leverage

1

balance

1

although I say; although one might say; although called

1

exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe

1

war; fighting; fierce competition

1

one's mind; one's inner feelings; (a decision hinging on) how someone feels about it

1

victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)

1

thirteen; 13; king

1

end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle; end of the world (esp. in fiction); apocalypse

1

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)

1

unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of China); (Taiwan) dollar; Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty

1

dynasty

1

two times; twice; two degrees

2

war of aggression; war of conquest

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

9

Mongol invasions of Japan (1274, 1281)

1

commander-in-chief; supreme commander

1

origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient

2

Tokimune Hōjō (1251.6.5-1284.4.20)

1

price; cost; charge; price (of achieving something); cost; sacrifice

2

to pay

2

divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze

1

typhoon; hurricane

1

fleet (fishing, naval, etc.); convoy; group of ships

1

overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)

1

to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout

1

at that time; in those days

1

monetary economy

1

major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major

2

one theory; one opinion; another theory

1

(United States of) America; USA

1

thousand; 1,000

2

koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

1

this and that; various things

3

while in class

1