jpdb beta

straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

4

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

2

relative; relation; kin

1

parents and siblings; one's relatives

1

completely; entirely; wholly

1

to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

2

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

2

intelligence gathering; information gathering

2

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

1

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

5

secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent

4

commanding officer

8

duty; obligation; responsibility

1

many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

3

across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for

2

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

1

to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

1

hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

1

pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission

2

how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

1

to do one's best; to put forth every effort

1

citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)

1

to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

1

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

3

vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy

1

intelligence or information network

2

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit

2

on the occasion of; at the time of

2

number one

1

to have; to possess

1

gulpingly; in one gulp

2

to drink up; to drain (cup)

2

to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of

4

secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

3

to discuss; to talk together

1

carefully; with caution

1

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

4

to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain

2

with a click; with a snap

1

to sell

3

danger; peril; hazard; risk

6

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

4

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

1

absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper

1

evasion; avoidance

3

give-and-take

1

hereabouts; around there; that area

1

jest; joke; funny story

2

safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

3

knockout

1