jpdb beta

400; four hundred

2

silver coin

10

100 yen

1

1,000,000; one million; million; many

4

yen (currency of Japan); circle

4

round; tranquil; contentedly at ease

1

saliva (in one's mouth)

2

cement

1

to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

4

full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself

4

private army

18

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

7

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

6

to enter; to go in; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve

1

yours sincerely; respectfully yours

1

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

1

have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary

3

bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

1

extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out

2

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

3

(degree of) seriousness; level of commitment

1

to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down

1

to be lost in lust for riches; to throw all caution and conscience away in pursuit of riches

2

fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually

10

counter for months

4

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

3

secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes

1

(suffering) damage; injury; harm

3

person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired

1

to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on

2

to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

8

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

3

precious; valuable

2

concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

3

stealing; theft

10

invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass

2

way out; means to escape; escape route

1

to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)

1

prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot

2

to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

2

spider

1

to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

2

Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite

3

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

3

work of art

3

to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on

5

sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing

1

nerve; nerves; sensitivity

2

rubbing (someone) the wrong way; irritating (someone)

1