jpdb beta

cross-national

2

private affairs; personal matter

2

to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something

1

easy; simple; plain

1

strict; rigid; exact; fair; impartial

1

things on hand; things in stock; money on hand; money in one's wallet; on hand; in stock

1

large store

2

extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; Japanese card game similar to President

2

to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white

1

disturbance; agitation; commotion; upheaval; riot

1

period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)

14

to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against

2

to lose one's composure

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staple food

1

suggestion; proposal

1

export; exportation; efferent

4

change in the law; legal reform

1

production output; number of goods manufactured

2

encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation

1

rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new

1

however; because; as

4

trying one's ability

1

indemnities; reparations

15

to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

1

payment by installments; payment by instalments; hire-purchase

3

ungrateful

2

missing an opportunity; opportunity loss

1

flight; flying; soaring

1

sobriety; soberness; sober face

1

difficult to hear; indistinct; hesitating to ask; awkward to ask; unpleasant to hear; painful to listen to

1

how could I (you, etc.) ...?; how dare you (they, etc.) ...; how can you have the nerve to ...?

1

vigorous for one's age; active despite one's years; hale and hearty; full of beans

1

another's parent; another's parents

9

dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)

1

youngest brother; last disciple

2

a day or two

1

to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up

2

to get drunk

2

reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol

2

foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity

3

sobriety; soberness; sober face

4

to stand under a waterfall (as spiritual training)

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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old age

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community

7

just this side of; one step short of; on the brink

3

treaty; pact; convention; agreement

2

settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony

2

starvation; famine; hunger

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disused article

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