jpdb beta

difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble

2

chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan

1

rough plan; draft

1

putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may

1

old body; aged person; elderly person

1

scenic; beautiful; picturesque

1

both banks (of a river)

1

role; duty; responsibility

1

to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size

1

still; even now

1

thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully

1

odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting

1

decision-making body

1

shrewdness; sharpness; astuteness; acumen; tact

1

(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually

1

involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself

1

dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard

1

nomination (of a person to a position); selection; election; assignment; appointment

1

memory; ability to remember

1

shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources

1

to hammer out the details; to work out details

1

to escape death; to be saved from death

1

to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility

2

brothers and sisters; siblings

1

(someone else's) child; child; kid

1

concubine (of a noble)

1

to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage

1

struggle (for); scramble; contest

1

fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

2

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty

4

to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)

2

early unofficial job offer; informal promise of employment

1

to give a warning; to remind (a person) of

1

long period (of time)

1

end of the world

2

little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as

1

living a life of leisure with dignity; living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares; otium cum dignitate

2

nonchalant air; unruffled air

1

draw (in competition); tie game

2

(playing) a game of go, shogi or chess, etc.

1

intolerant; small-minded; inflexible; unforgiving; unyielding; ungenerous

3

comfortable retirement

1

same mother

1

long era; ages; eternity

3

inauguration; installation ceremony

8

suspicious

1

warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful

2

confused (situation); great fuss; much wrangling

1

home position; origin; usual place (for something)

1

Elbe

1