jpdb beta

step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

1

retaining fee; retainer

1

like; as if; the same as

6

chaps; skin fissure

1

objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

6

people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

2

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

1

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

1

why; how

3

with a bang (clash, bump)

2

aim

2

to grow angry; to display one's anger

2

cold; short; curt; blunt

3

under investigation

1

thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

4

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

3

fee; charge; fare

1

to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain

1

truth; real situation

1

sense; infer

2

tactician; sorcerer

2

hedge; fence; border; limit

1

if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so

9

to give a glance (at); to take one look at

2

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

2

suddenly; all of a sudden

1

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

3

one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed

1

to hate; to detest

1

self-will; obstinacy

1

invisibly; secretly; privately

1

rudder; helm

1

to increase; to multiply

2

to be uncommon

1

wars; disturbances

3

storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)

1

to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)

1

importance; gravity

1

making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

1

outside the country; abroad

1

to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown

1

to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude

1

thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

8

way; method; means; resource; course

3

to look upwards; to look up

1

national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic

2

to the utmost; to the best of one's ability

3

to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into

1

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition

1

recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition

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