jpdb beta

explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

7

politics; government

1

air temperature

1

dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity

1

condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner

1

sweating; perspiration; sudation; hidrosis; diaphoresis

1

sand; grit

1

writing; composition; essay; sentence

1

materials; data; document

3

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

3

main thread (of a story)

1

bodily sensation; sense; experience

1

divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment

1

memory; sense; experience

1

report; paper; reportage

1

pre-era; BC; BCE

1

3000; three thousand; many

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

4

gigantic stone; megalith

1

magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell

2

class

1

stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

2

aria

1

defense; defence; defensive preparations

1

Yamanashi (city, prefecture); wild nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia); wild Japanese pear

1

quarry; stone pit

1

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

2

ancient China

1

authentic account

1

check; restraint; oppression; suppression

3

river management; river improvement; flood control

1

love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections

1

fantasy

2

leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

1

pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency

1

so-so; passable; now, now; my, my

1

to parry; to sidestep; to dodge

1

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

10

background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

6

sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

2

depth; deep place

1

to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive

1

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

6

degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about

2

blunder; slip; error; error

1

at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

1

exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC

6

physical disorder

1

common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair

1

standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum

5