jpdb beta

unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)

7

throat; singing voice

3

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

1

good opportunity; chance

1

nourishment; nutrient

1

fate; destiny; lot

2

to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate

2

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

2

to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed

5

to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward

1

smiling face; smile

4

chill; shakes; ague

1

olden days; former

5

to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)

1

young person; youth; young

1

Hayato

11

sworn friend

5

primary school; elementary school; grade school

1

upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)

1

to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch

1

suddenly; all of a sudden

1

to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt

1

diastrophism; movement and deformation of the earth's crust; upheaval (e.g. in politics); seismic shift; earthshaking changes

1

childlike mind; judgment as a child (judgement)

1

deeply impressive; memorable; striking

1

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

3

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

2

illustration; drawing

1

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

1

1955 System; Japanese political alignment with the LDP in government and the JSP in opposition, which lasted until 1993

1

to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin

1

conspiracy; collusion; complicity

1

gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester

1

one-party rule

1

morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious

1

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

9

to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken

1

Republican Party

1

Democratic Party (esp. DPJ or US Democratic Party); Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan

1

equilibrium; balance

1

single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

1

lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth

1

fixed game; bid-rigging; put-up job; contest in which the victor is practically known beforehand (e.g. due to unfair conditions or an obvious difference in strength)

1

to win; to gain victory

3

major contender; strong (leading) candidate; front runner

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

2

to dream (of)

2

ideal; ideals

11

guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

3

difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

4