jpdb beta

narrow; cramped; tight; fussy; narrow-minded

1

way (of doing); manner; method; means

2

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

5

(some) more; even more; longer; further

32

northwest

1

so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already

58

fair and square; open and aboveboard

1

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

8

mercenary (soldier)

16

to employ; to hire; to charter

3

just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously

3

only recently; just of late

1

chief; main; principal; major

2

to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

4

highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)

7

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

1

estimate (of costs); budget

1

money; metal

10

to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

24

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

16

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

4

work; job; labor; work

2

to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)

4

concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

33

boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)

1

proud; lordly

1

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

5

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

2

pride; dignity; self-respect

1

reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)

6

defeat; loss; reverse; setback

1

to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)

1

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

3

result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently

4

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

7

sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid

17

to bring up a subject

1

Ziggy (comic strip)

37

baron

9

unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm

1

to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam

5

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

5

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

8

south

1

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

2

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

9

new; fresh; novel

9

one by one; one after another; successively

1