jpdb beta

promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first

1

error of judgment; miscalculation

2

ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people

1

congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

2

coffee mill; coffee grinder

1

French press

3

hot water; hot bath

1

hourglass

1

to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

1

execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple

1

Christianity

1

Judaism

1

Islam

1

essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic

2

the West; the Occident; Western countries

1

study of history

1

specialization; specialisation

1

temporary absence from school

1

demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour

1

adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

1

four man group; quartet; the Gang of Four

1

to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

6

to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous

1

change in appearance; transformation

1

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

2

(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

1

overreaction

1

guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement

1

valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable

2

to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)

1

possible; likely; probable

1

opponent; antagonist

1

composition

3

uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease

1

one's mind

1

to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to

2

to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)

1

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

4

acquaintance; friend; (arch.) lover

1

luckily; blessedly; fortunately

2

what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels

1

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

8

chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)

3

chain; chains

1

to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge

1

dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off

1

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

1

fiction

1

narrative-like structure; narrative style

1

extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless

1