jpdb beta

outside of one's area of expertise; outside one's field

1

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

2

cheek (of the face)

2

representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number

1

engineering

1

strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

3

public (facilities, service, etc.); communal

2

safety; security

1

to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take as a lesson

2

Bachelor of Engineering

2

research institution

1

to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around

1

in fact

1

opening to the public (e.g. garden, etc.); read permission: anybody

1

opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke

2

fifty; 50

2

progress; advance; improvement; development

2

fundamental; basic

3

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

6

rule of thumb

1

based on; on the basis of

1

trial and error

1

elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding

1

periodic inspection; regular inspection

1

to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better

1

damage; breakage

3

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

1

artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance

1

resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

2

to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover

1

to walk away; to saunter off

3

unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear

1

convenience; handiness; usefulness

1

invisibly; secretly; privately

1

to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top

1

pitfall; trap; pit

1

mankind; humanity

2

to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

3

to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

7

traffic accident

1

(positive) economic effect

1

convenience; user-friendliness

1

individual; private person; personal; natural person

3

preference; priority; precedence; right of way

3

running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act

1

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

2

to move (house); to change residence

1

to hear of; to learn of

1

brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person

1

No Longer Human (1948 novel by Osamu Dazai)

1