jpdb beta

near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly

2

to face; to go towards; to head towards

2

seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

4

incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person

1

several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number

1

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

4

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

2

to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple

4

gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money

5

counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers

5

prize money; monetary award; reward

3

above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)

5

large army

2

seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

3

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

1

subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing

1

to be superior (to); to surpass; to outdo

1

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

1

group; mass

1

family; relatives; dependents; household

3

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

2

head; chief; leader; the greatest (of all the ...)

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

12

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

4

mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy

2

seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post

1

earthquake disaster

1

genius; prodigy; natural gift

2

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

1

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

3

to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)

1

feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment

3

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

1

massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter

4

dead men tell no tales; the dead cannot speak in their own defense

1

way (of doing); manner; method

1

to bear; to endure

5

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

1

side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case

2

to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee

1

in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious

1

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

1

speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal

1

cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)

1

to be able to manage somehow or other

1

grandfather; male senior-citizen

1

after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

1

meals exchanged by parishioners and priests

2

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

16

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

4