jpdb beta

one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing

1

to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind

1

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

5

large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal); tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)

2

axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem

3

shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine

3

mountainous region

1

sly old dog; old fox

1

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

1

to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion

1

merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition

1

thin; slender; fine; unlucky

1

to make sense

2

look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

1

distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin

2

side effect; adverse reaction

1

reaction

2

poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

2

dramatic

1

to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows

1

price; cost; value; worth; value

1

to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive

6

official duties; office; function

1

out of range; outside the limits (of...); outside (a) range; outside the scope

1

endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever

1

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

1

this much; this amount

1

former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)

2

to lose sight of; to miss

2

unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight

1

integrity; consistency; conformity; compliance

1

to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link

1

episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote

1

home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

2

last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

1

arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan

3

fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating

3

foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd

2

appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance

2

the child is father to the man; (lit.) the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100

1

elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)

1

physical labor; physical labour; manual work; drastic move (e.g. hold or strike in martial arts); power technique; display of power

1

recoverable

1

supplement; complement

1

dwindling; declining; diminishing; tapering (to a point)

1

continuation

2

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

1

15; fifteen

1

to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

2

substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double

1