jpdb beta

(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead

3

showy; ostentatious

1

(social) class; rank; grade

3

old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self

3

to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

6

to detain; to take into custody

2

presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation

1

to play a leading role; to play a central part

1

matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

3

to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account

1

opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

1

matter for great congratulation

1

to be eloquent; to have a way with words

1

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

4

tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

3

to frame; to falsely accuse of a crime

1

riding separately

1

narrow; small; cramped

1

temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra

1

to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize

1

in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan

1

last business day of the year

1

loitering; hanging around; wandering around

2

to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

1

achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record

3

expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)

1

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

3

to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together

3

if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well

3

trespassing; intrusion

6

Nagaoka Station

1

to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

2

gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else

1

on-the-site inspection

1

top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile

4

to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity

1

hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)

9

sickbed; (hospital) bed

2

thief; robber

1

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

1

senility; dotage; decrepitude

1

the former

1

penetrating cold

2

to understand; to make out

1

spouse; wife; husband; partner

2

unqualified; without qualifications

7

later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant

3

combat medic; medic

1

explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring

1

to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note

2