jpdb beta

mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm

6

to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps

1

inefficient

2

secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent

2

pending question; unresolved problem

3

profit ratio

1

to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other

2

smuggling

1

investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin

2

our company; my company

4

islands

1

area of holiday homes; area of villas

5

(air or sea) route; course; line; run

1

current chart

1

utility value

1

island group; archipelago

3

landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land

4

photography; taking photographs

1

bag

1

magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio

3

telephoto lens

2

photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording

5

to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)

1

development (of film); photographic processing

1

coarse; rough

5

reasons; circumstances; details; particulars; hindrance; inconvenience

2

ecology; life and habits (of an animal); mode of life; way of living

3

integrity; consistency; conformity; compliance

5

communality; community; having something in common

1

morphogenesis

1

to resemble closely

3

seeing at a distance

2

undiscovered; not yet found; unexplored

1

habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)

1

inhabiting; living

2

to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)

2

enemy territory; hostile place

2

for better or worse; luckily or unluckily

7

appropriate (e.g. authorities); concerned; relevant; said; aforementioned; competent

3

site survey; field study

1

after the end (of something)

4

cheque; check

2

extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering

1

working conditions

1

tonight; this evening

4

morning; a.m.

3

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

2

one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)

1

threefold; folded in three

1

conditions of a contract; terms of a contract

1