jpdb beta

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

2

women's college; women's university

1

private school

2

early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly

3

doctor

2

paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven

1

to smile broadly; to grin widely

1

boys, be ambitious

2

clerk; office worker; kulak

1

expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

1

ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

6

ambition; aspiration

3

high; noble; refined; advanced

1

literal translation; direct translation

2

ambitious; enterprising

1

posterity; future life; life to come

1

beautification; glorification

1

to be perturbed; to be agitated

1

knowing you know nothing

3

Socrates; Sokrates

3

frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise

5

to translate; to interpret

1

always; usually

3

misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion

1

price; cost; value; worth; value

5

solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation

1

mathematics; arithmetic

2

laws of nature; physical laws; physics

2

examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)

3

philosophy

1

one's own way

1

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

3

saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb

1

to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest

1

coined word; coinage; neologism

1

friendly; amicable

3

to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)

1

sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time

1

makeshift; temporary expedient; stopgap measure

1

universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous

1

guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)

5

to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

5

to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad

1

strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number

5

busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses

1

mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal

1

order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations

2

maintenance; preservation; improvement

10

armed forces; military; troops

1

unable to resist; unable to suppress

2