jpdb beta

with a creak; creakily

1

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter

1

prologue

1

detached; aloof; indifferent

3

combined use; using together (with); using jointly; using at the same time

1

proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)

2

to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps

1

melody; tune

1

to sew together

1

to find fault with; to question

1

extension telephone

1

early warning

4

western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)

2

National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament

1

great haste; mad rush

1

Korean peninsula

2

warships and other vessels; naval vessels

1

Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

1

unevenness (e.g. in quality); inconstancy; variation; dispersion; scatter; spread

1

within the limits (framework, boundaries, price, etc.)

1

to discuss; to find fault with; to criticize; to criticise

1

one ten-thousandth

1

or; OR (Boolean operator)

1

skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through

3

crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

3

Gifu (city, prefecture)

3

field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

2

Kōfu (city in Yamanashi)

1

edged tool; cutting instrument; knife

3

ground zero

1

hilly section of a city (usu. upscale residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains

1

casualties; the killed and wounded

2

without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)

1

rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent

1

buzzer; personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)

2

present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era

1

military technology

1

even

3

thick voice; husky voice; guttural voice; voice with a thick accent

1

beginning; start; civilization; civilisation; enlightenment

1

broken line; dashed line

1

discipline; punishment; reprimand

1

leg lock

1

hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn

1

eyetooth; cuspid; canine (tooth); dogtooth

2

ballistic missile defense; BMD

1

full responsibility

1

Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area; metropolitan area (of a capital)

3

to be blown off; to be blown away; to disappear; to vanish; to rush; to hurry

2

operator

4