jpdb beta

multilateral; many-sided; diversified

1

underestimation; undervaluation

2

urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once

2

plural; multiple; several

5

counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun

14

striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around

1

funny story; funny anecdote

1

entirely; (not) at all

3

to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal

2

comparatively; relatively

4

control (by the state); controlling; coordination; air traffic control

3

remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably

2

imperial headquarters announcement

1

everyday occurrence

2

lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)

10

outdoors; outside

2

food and drink; eating and drinking

2

shadow; tail; following

5

Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking

2

responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution

2

mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)

2

sliding; slipping

2

calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry

3

sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging

5

personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy

1

old building; older building

1

user; end-user; consumer

1

to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun

2

narrow-mindedness; intolerance; illiberality; narrowness

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

14

to cause someone to worry

5

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

3

suffering; distress; hardship; trial

8

food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement

3

art of war; strategy; tactics

1

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

6

reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

2

along the road; along the way

6

Machiko

2

dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

9

hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined

1

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

3

to be in high spirits

2

to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer

1

dusk; twilight

1

one-to-one; one-on-one

4

to cross swords with

2

right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher

7

to sustain a serious wound

1

bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

6