jpdb beta

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

2

to be too numerous; to be too much

2

intelligence gathering; information gathering

2

general education

1

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

1

Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure

2

rule; reign; government; governing

3

face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect

1

roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open

1

as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...

1

(religious) faith; belief; creed

1

sovereign; ruler; head of state

1

whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

3

Pope; Buddha

16

religious; spiritual

1

head; chief; leader; the greatest (of all the ...)

1

political

2

(political) power; authority; influence

1

extraterritoriality

1

to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with

1

territory; autonomous region

2

original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal

1

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

1

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

1

to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander

1

collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection

4

this much; this amount

1

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

2

coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; kissaten; traditional type of coffee shop with a retro atmosphere

2

to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)

1

crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

1

deep inside; innermost place

3

department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion

3

piece of cake; a walk in the park

1

confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself

1

to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself

11

thousand-year period

2

deepest part; deepest portion; depths (of the ocean etc.); innermost

1

uncharted territory; unknown waters; unfamiliar terrain

2

insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

1

limitation; restriction; condition; constraints

1

influence; effect; impact

4

under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)

1

unfairness; injustice; partiality

1

support; backing; patronage

3

use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)

1

influence; power; might; influence (of stones)

2

penalty

2

lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere

1

mask; disguise; guise; mask

5