jpdb beta

coalition government

8

chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)

12

absence; non-attendance

4

receiving; acceptance; reception

3

disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident

1

patriotic feelings; patriotism

2

a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

1

approver; authorizer

1

political life

1

sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment

2

and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth

1

to leave one's seat

1

incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise

2

establishment; founding; setting (a record)

2

ostensible (surface) reason

1

commerce and industry

1

debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)

1

striking; remarkable; considerable

1

to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

1

to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent

4

cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that

1

never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means

1

to give a warning; to remind (a person) of

1

opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring

1

to misplace; to put in the wrong place; to make a mistake in deciding the winner

1

with a friendly grin; smilingly

1

green tea; Japanese tea

1

to peddle (goods); to hawk

2

handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade

2

trial product; prototype model

1

to show off; to flaunt

1

double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid

2

to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail

1

one summer

1

quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion

1

joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation

3

to speak frankly; to put things bluntly

1

to get (someone's) help; to ask for help

1

self-respect; esteem; self-importance; pride

1

instinctive; instinctual

1

to add to one's experience; to become skillful

1

to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance

2

to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)

1

if you like; if you prefer; if it suits you; if ... doesn't suit you; if you don't like ...; if ... doesn't take your fancy

1

to declare impressively

1

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

5

(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies

1

weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending

1

at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

2

father and mother; parents

2