jpdb beta

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

6

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

1

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

6

absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

4

moreover; in addition

3

at all costs; at any cost; surmounting all difficulties

1

to boost; to force up; to push up

1

to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly

1

position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint

2

observation; survey; watching

2

to fight against; to oppose; to face

1

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

6

how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

2

people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

6

embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful

2

fastidiousness; love of cleanliness

1

(political) power; authority; influence

6

scramble; struggle

2

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

1

to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

1

private; personal

2

to stop talking; to break off; to pause

1

rather than

2

already; now; no longer; not any more

1

goddess; female deity

44

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

8

prank; practical joke

1

in very small pieces

1

to smash up; to defeat crushingly

1

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

2

vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

3

ahead; before; ago

1

to want; to desire

2

at present; now

1

actually; really

1

preferential

1

to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out

2

to need; to call for; to require

3

unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

6

self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

2

doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

4

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

1

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

4

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

2

farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

1

influence; clout; leverage

3

to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance

3

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

13

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

2