jpdb beta

landing; alighting; touch down

17

binoculars; field glasses

5

magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio

1

folk costume; traditional clothing; national clothing

1

ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle

2

to lie face-down

6

usurpation; taking back; dispossession

3

to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of

3

the Industrial Revolution

1

to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds

1

urgent business; pressing need; imperative

2

to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself

3

the ... in question

10

reformer

2

laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig

2

to gulp down (a drink); to slurp

3

praise; glorification; extolment

3

whispering; murmuring; subdued

3

pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase

6

leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)

2

act which serves the interests of (benefits) the enemy

1

sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety

6

straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied

9

inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling

5

boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up

5

(doing) as one is told

2

very young bride; child bride; childish wife

2

to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say

1

smirkingly; smugly; broadly

1

end; close; finish; end of play (in go)

2

to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)

2

mother

6

to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)

3

homesickness; nostalgia

4

Full speed ahead!; Full steam ahead!

1

wind pressure

6

to fall off; to tumble down

3

getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of

3

make; workmanship; preparation

1

judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree

1

criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender

6

failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness

1

head

1

ginger (Zingiber officinale)

1

distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)

1

yakuza

4

market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation

2

special pardon; (general) amnesty

1

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

5

beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help

1