jpdb beta

demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible

1

motion

1

car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage

1

modern civilization; modern civilisation

1

mother

1

foundation stone; cornerstone

1

flowering; blooming; blossoming; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming

3

afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time

1

castle siege

1

new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)

1

short distance; close range

1

large number (of); many; majority

2

day and night

1

to launch a surprise attack

1

nightmare; bad dream

1

enclosure; coralling; penning; enclosure (fencing off common land for individual ownership)

1

technological development

2

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

2

founding of a nation

3

brush tip; first on a list; head; chief

2

appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation

1

declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)

2

to serve; to work for; to attend

1

cabinet minister

1

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

1

receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)

1

persuasion

2

stubbornly; firmly; determinedly; obstinately; resolutely; adamantly

1

private (establishment)

1

cram school; private tutoring school; juku

1

establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)

1

children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people

1

to save; to leave over; to spare

2

largest class; top category

1

fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion

2

educational institution; school; academy; campus

9

as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is

1

to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

1

they; them

3

position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view

4

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

4

importance; gravity

2

to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with

1

(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank

3

state-of-the-art

1

activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture

3

only; merely; just; at most; no more than

2

failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop

1

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

1

benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted

3