jpdb beta

to make good use of; to use to one's advantage

1

as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

2

thus; in this way

1

negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet

1

manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit

1

conversation; talk; chat

2

to defeat (someone) in an argument; to argue (someone) down; to confute (someone); to refute (someone)

1

accumulation of good deeds

1

hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible

6

circulation; dissemination

1

to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

1

things one is carrying; things one has on one's person; thing one owns; one's property; mistress; lover

1

to swipe; to filch; to pilfer; to snatch; to walk off with

1

evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity

1

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

1

jail; gaol; jailhouse

2

Tolstoy; Tolstoi; Tolstoy, Leo (1828-1910; Russian writer)

1

law; legislation; act

1

if so; in that case; in that situation

2

Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)

1

national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)

2

official writing system of a country; official script; kana (as opposed to kanji); Japanese syllabary; kanji created in Japan (as opposed to China); Japanese-made kanji

2

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

2

committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting

1

(political) administration; political power

2

to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

2

National Language Research Committee (1902-1913)

1

continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)

9

radical faction or group

2

oppression; suppression; pressure

1

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

1

radical

1

difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

6

crime

1

name of a crime; charge

1

to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce

1

to be able (to); to be possible (to)

1

magazine; journal

2

donation; presentation; gift

1

reading

2

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

2

painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate

7

bombastic; pretentious; exaggerated

1

to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of

6

barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear

1

sleepy; drowsy

1

back (of the body)

2

cold sweat

2

miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

1

farce; burlesque; low comedy

1