jpdb beta

clan; family

7

traditional; from ancient times; formerly

1

simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

1

group; party; team; organization; organisation; association

1

intelligence; intellect; brains

1

main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis

1

group; mass

1

new order; new system

1

reform; reformation; reorganization

1

size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)

1

precision instrument or machine

1

ambition; aspiration

1

propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement

1

motive power; driving force

1

foresight; prescience

1

self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

1

waste; extravagance

1

one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish

1

to obtain; to procure

3

now that; since; so long as; because

1

from now on; hereafter

1

quick pace

1

to be born again; to make a fresh start in life

1

standing abreast

1

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

1

right of control; supremacy; sovereignty

1

centralization (e.g. power); centralisation

1

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

1

future; possible; potential; prospective

1

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

2

underworld; underside of society

1

carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip

1

absolutely necessary

1

to entertain; to make welcome

1

incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person

1

beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive

2

to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after

3

policy

1

one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)

1

stamp; seal

1

to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal

1

to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip

2

infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover

2

friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

14

financial statement

1

mistake; error; blunder

2

accountant

2

premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder

1

scratch; chip; flaw; fault; shame; disgrace

1

several years standing; over several years

1