jpdb beta

ascertainment

1

literally; to the letter; literal

1

enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier

5

cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air

1

isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation

1

abatement; reduction

1

development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life

2

form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

1

violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement

2

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

1

to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard

1

the Inquisition

1

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

6

to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

2

focus (e.g. photographic); focal point

1

opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing

2

both; both sides; both parties

1

special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity

2

to have both; to possess both; to combine with

1

to defend oneself; to protect oneself

1

to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

1

use; service; purpose

1

word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake

1

to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

2

to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating

1

ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition

1

dinner; evening meal

2

going to bed; retiring (for the night)

2

cycle

1

to begin to appear; to begin to come in

1

rambunctious kid; wild kid; hooligan; rowdy; roughneck

1

general; shogun

1

extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman

1

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

1

lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger

2

thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

1

method of treatment; cure; remedy

1

signs; omen; symptoms

3

evening; dusk

3

smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable

1

solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy

2

boots

1

tightly; snugly

1

glove; mitten; mitt

1

standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal

1

to warm; to heat

2

to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed

2

sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)

1

to give one's seat to someone; to offer one's seat

1