jpdb beta

mobile troops; mechanized unit; mechanised unit; naval task force

1

plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme

1

stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete

1

nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)

1

warship

2

huge gun

1

doctrine; rule; principle; -ism

3

to bring back; to restore

1

relating to the USA; toward America; with America

1

step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

2

tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

1

boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening

1

rule; government

1

headquarters; head office; main office

1

stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

1

war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat

1

second half; latter half

1

equality; impartiality; evenness

1

consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp

8

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

5

already; now; no longer; not any more

5

economic white paper

1

declaration; proclamation; announcement

1

revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

1

second

1

rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts

1

economic superpower; economic powerhouse

1

dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

1

to be in focus; to come into focus

1

for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

1

to open one's eyes wide

3

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

1

molars; back teeth

1

to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

2

to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

2

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

3

loud voice

3

(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock

2

to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)

1

mixed; mingled

1

news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact

1

crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound

5

to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)

5

look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

2

suspicious person

2

extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness

1

to differ; to vary; to disagree

4

tightly clenched fist

1

to break; to smash

1

hair's breadth

4