jpdb beta

metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge

18

mount; stand; lens mount; mounting (e.g. a drive); mounting (animal behaviour); asserting dominance

6

immigration; emigration; immigrant; emigrant

1

Tacoma

1

to hide; to conceal oneself

1

to burn into one's memory; to sear an image

1

nostalgia; homesickness

1

to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke

1

the more one looks (at it) the more ...

1

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

1

to peel off; to come off; to flake off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour

1

gently (raining); drizzling; moist; damp

1

lullaby

2

vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous

1

sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic

2

Japanese clothes

3

eastern part; the east (of a region)

1

a little more than; a little over; upwards of; (arch.) excess; (arch.) surplus; (arch.) remainder

1

rivers

1

drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley

1

executive power; authority

1

leather; hide

1

(foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting

16

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

1

sixteen; 16

10

Charles

4

nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

3

Rupert

1

prince of royal blood; Imperial prince

1

nobility; aristocracy; peerage

15

permission; approval; authorization; license

5

form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

2

establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)

1

royal (institution)

1

privilege; special right

2

enterprise; business; company; corporation

1

French person; Frenchman; Frenchwoman

8

advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)

5

dispute; conflict; trouble; unrest; strife

1

federation; federal state; United States of America

1

northern part; the north (of a region)

1

Rocky Mountains; the Rockies

1

southern part; the south (of a region)

2

Winnipeg (Canada)

1

Lake Woods (Australia); Lake of the Woods (Canada)

1

... and westward; in and to the west of ...

1

service

1

right (to do something); authority; power

1

preferential

1

large company; major corporation; company with over 500 million yen in capital or over 20 billion yen in liabilities

1