jpdb beta

secrecy; keeping secret

5

Third World

6

to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test

1

to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again

2

arm wrestling

1

coal miner

1

proud; boastful; bragging; conceited

1

as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie

2

during

1

to get excited

1

gradual (destruction); progressive (dismantlement)

1

to let one's guard down

1

safety boots; safety shoes; steel-toe boots

1

private military company; mercenary group

1

to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)

3

to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

2

to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)

1

courtesy call; courtesy visit

1

tuition; school expenses

1

rebel; insurgent

1

future; possible; potential; prospective

5

real power

3

to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)

1

information sharing

1

taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration

3

right wing

5

(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks

5

instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye

5

to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy

1

faultless; flawless; perfect; impeccable; unimpeachable; beyond reproach

3

undercover investigator

1

seeming very

1

snow

5

starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up

1

seal

13

to hold a grudge; to hold something against someone

4

roller skating; roller skates

3

half a year; six months

1

assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party

1

measure; step; action

2

gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

4

assurance; guarantee

1

to be scattered around; to be all over the place

2

quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper

1

to die by drowning; to drown

6

disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

2

strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual

8

omitting (reluctantly); leaving out; dropping; giving up (reluctantly); parting with; sharing

1

whole nation; whole land; whole country

3

(words to) that effect

1