jpdb beta

10,000,000,000; ten billion

1

asking price

1

blueprint; cyanotype; blueprint (for the future); plan

1

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

3

way (of going); route; way (of doing); method

2

having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still

4

worldly wisdom; secret of success in life

3

to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up

1

(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch

3

natural science

1

fantastic; fanciful

1

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

5

classification system; classification method

1

old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated

2

bubble on the surface of water; (coming to) nothing; naught; something short-lived

1

escalator

1

long (time that has passed); old (story)

1

relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly

3

part-time employer; place where one works part-time

1

left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable

2

sphere; globe; orb; ball

6

sun god

3

to turn round; to face about; to turn about

3

northernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)

1

southernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)

1

Souya Cape (Nth Hokk.)

1

local line

1

snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently

2

to enquire; to inquire; to seek information

4

selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases

1

spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming

1

maneuvering behind the scenes; backroom deals; dodgy dealings

1

career track; promotional track; fast track; upward mobility

1

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

4

to combine parts of two different things into a new thing; to compromise; to balance out

2

to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down

6

abandoning (hope, plans); giving up

3

compatibility

2

space shuttle

1

to cut into (a conversation); to interject

6

spaceship

2

tongue; tongue (of a shoe); seal flap (of an envelope)

10

new world record

1

recovery; restoration

1

amount of consumption

1

the atmosphere

1

(outer) space

3

bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off

3

piece of meat; cut of meat

1

relation; connection; relevance

5