jpdb beta

watch-keeping; guard; lookout

3

when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

1

behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy

1

connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence

1

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

1

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

5

newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie

1

secret feud; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)

1

concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)

4

patronage; protection

1

traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare

1

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

3

attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture

1

positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

1

soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself

1

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

1

refusal; rejection; denial; veto

1

to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play

1

weight

1

contribution; service

3

farewell gift

1

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

2

gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot

1

sundry; various; assorted

1

jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of

1

money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; (lit.) even the verdict of hell is determined by money

1

policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

1

information; news; report; reward; retribution

1

to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance

1

incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting

1

north side; north bank

2

valley

1

to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar

1

steep; sharp

1

empire; imperial

32

country name

1

to prohibit

2

crossing a mountain

2

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

1

foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land

11

national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

1

tribute

2

welcome

1

to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

4

indicates emphasis

1

casting; cast-metal object

1

several months

2

each nation; many nations; many countries

1

punitive force

2

written appeal; manifesto; declaration

2