jpdb beta

(political) power; authority; influence

6

just right; ideal; perfectly suitable; fetch!; bring me ...

1

environment; surroundings; circumstances

1

patronage; protection

2

100,000; hundred thousand

1

low (level, value, price, etc.)

1

to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated

5

to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase

1

some people; a number of people; several people; a few people

2

being very popular; being in great demand

2

fame; distinction; rise; advancement

1

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

2

opponent; antagonist

1

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

2

to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes

1

to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings

1

weather forecast; weather report

1

soldier

1

opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

1

way; method; means

1

taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction

1

confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

1

house arrest

1

tool; implement; means; furniture

1

to be possible to occur

1

involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself

1

to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to

2

to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support

2

prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy

1

foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction

1

physical

3

usefulness

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

2

teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

14

below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

2

unjust; inhuman

1

deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism

1

implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation

3

cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)

1

good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest

1

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

3

true meaning; underlying principle

1

aristocratic

1

intelligence agency

1

-like; pseudo-; imitation; counterfeit; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism

1

to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on

1

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

4

professional

1

engine; agency; organisation; system; facility

1

not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

3