jpdb beta

aposematic coloration (colouration)

2

making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)

8

public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus

5

stop time

1

sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)

5

to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion

2

temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical

3

symbolic

1

vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true

1

to get information out of a person; to begin listening

9

span

1

square metre; square meter

6

five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold

2

high-voltage current; high-tension current

1

watchtower; watch tower; lookout tower

6

shift system

2

zig-zag; zigzag

2

to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in

1

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

5

to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with

5

confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)

1

zip it (when used to others); I'll shut up (when used by oneself); button (one's) lips

1

to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match

2

strategy meeting; council of war

5

satellite photograph

3

drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene

5

exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing

1

periodic; regular; routine

6

old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days

60

to make eye contact

2

after; since

1

how long?; till when?

2

(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)

2

it seems that; as if

7

lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)

1

to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb

2

all over Japan

1

control; management; supervision

4

public institution; public organization; official body

1

right and wrong

1

to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over

1

grudge; ill will; enmity

3

argument based on emotion; sentimental argument

1

long-term

1

going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote

1

mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal

7

the whole country

2

stationing (troops); occupancy

6

garrison; military base

17

clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)

4