jpdb beta

in a day; in a brief space of time

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change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement

1

both sides

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solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating

1

management; administration; operation

1

proposition; motion; proposal; suggestion

2

subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge

1

to dream (of)

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root; source; origin; cause

1

deterioration; changing for the worse

3

discharge; dismissal

3

bad money

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expansion; swelling; increase; growth

1

public finance; financial affairs; financial situation

5

necessary evil

4

ideal; ideals

1

to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)

1

advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation

4

to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject

1

to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree

1

corrosion; etching; action of acid; saprophagy

1

Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint

2

coarse; crude; inferior

1

silver coin

2

mass production

1

eternity; permanence; perpetuity

1

the Three Jewels; the Triple Gem; Triratna; the Three Treasures; Buddha, Dharma, Sangha; Buddha, the teachings of Buddha, and the community of monks and nuns

1

kanji for "takara" (impressed on the obverse of a coin)

2

inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated

1

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

1

imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-

1

making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

1

inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to

1

eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

2

spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

1

to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

1

decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay

1

monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

1

Board of Audit

1

revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection

1

of late; lately; this part; this point; here

2

indisposition; emperor's illness; unhappiness

2

bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump

2

to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck

2

unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental

1

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

1

reign; being on the throne

2

wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling

2

revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing

1

last month

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