jpdb beta

dozens; scores of; decades

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

2

millions; several million; a few million

1

inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during

17

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat

16

to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee

4

small number; few; minority

2

other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but

26

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

5

activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role

4

same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case

40

a bit more; a bit longer

11

realistic; pragmatic

6

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

11

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

3

other people's affairs; somebody else's problem

3

the person himself

1

such; like that; that sort of; very

7

carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease

1

smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation

3

to answer; to reply

6

Nobel Prize

3

unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

5

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

7

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

32

cake shop; pastry shop

1

cake

1

general idea; concept; notion

4

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

1

lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)

1

one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look

14

immediately; promptly

3

to shake one's head

10

kindergartener; preschooler

1

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

55

researcher

1

frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

14

denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation

6

in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

3

degree; extent

2

(not) very; (not) much

3

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

4

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

7

Japan

9

science

4

to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

10

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

2

scientist

1

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

11

vision of the future

1