jpdb beta

side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife

6

brains (of an operation); advisor; brain trust; brain (organ)

1

staff; stuff; stuffing; filling

2

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

1

interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)

8

broadcast of political opinions; broadcast by candidate; party political broadcast

1

edict; public announcement

1

everyone; anyone; no one

2

something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment

1

exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte

2

production (e.g. play); direction

6

unspecified large number (of people)

1

mass communication; mass media

3

one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy

3

tape

3

digital voice recorder; field recorder

1

please look at it

2

scale; vernier

2

town; city; municipal; urban

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beautiful; gorgeous

4

Shinano

1

labour pains; labor pains; birth pains; contractions

1

kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)

1

Italy

4

to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

4

after construction; after building; since construction

2

drawing water from river or lake; water intake

1

besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so

1

water system; river system; drainage system

5

torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

1

ten to one; nine cases out of ten

3

coarse; rough

2

Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)

2

greater metropolitan area; megalopolis; conurbation

2

before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed

3

traditional; from ancient times; formerly

6

particularly; only; in the case of

2

economy (saving money)

1

pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after

7

natural selection

1

ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly

1

wide area; wide view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-out view

3

means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around

8

have to do; must; should; ought to

1

official announcement; proclamation

6

unlikely; improbable

2

not yet officially announced

1

professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser

1

to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise

2

planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up

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