jpdb beta

outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings

2

to build; to construct

2

best in the world

1

high-rise building; tall building; multi-storied building

1

multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill

1

national parliament or congress building (e.g. National Diet Building (Japan), United States Capitol (USA), Houses of Parliament (UK), etc.)

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

n-storied building

2

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

1

style; form; pattern

1

spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret

2

tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba

1

highlight; best part; stunning; incredible; superb

1

Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

1

aggressor; invader

1

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

2

practical use; application; conjugation; inflection

1

reason; cause; circumstances

1

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

1

violence; mayhem

2

prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury

1

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master

1

pincushion

1

place; situation; position; location

3

cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

2

to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

2

to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth

1

route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

8

transmitter; homing device

1

traces; evidence

2

strategy meeting; council of war

2

security

3

loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

1

pharmaceutical (drug) company

1

branch (office)

1

in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth

1

latest; newest; late-breaking (news)

1

garrison; guards

1

permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)

2

liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point

1

control; management (e.g. of a business)

2

to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on

1

excretion

1

washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break

1

group; party; team; squad; section

16

pavement café; sidewalk café; open-air café

1

to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard

3

care; kea (Nestor notabilis)

2

to become brilliant; to become cheerful

1

to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)

1