jpdb beta

to prolong one's life

1

avid desire; craving; thirst; watering at the mouth; drooling

3

operating system; OS

1

program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming

1

useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle

3

every year; year by year

1

wide difference; a world of difference

2

increase; rise; growth; addition; increment

6

tax; duty

1

lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch

2

number of people; population; human head

1

planted area

1

nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious

2

to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)

1

tax exemption; duty exemption

1

modus operandi; criminal technique; trick

2

inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage

16

female line; matrilinear

2

union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)

2

interest; eagerness; enthusiasm

7

class system

1

to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch

2

to get irritated

1

munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)

1

native; native speaker

1

help

2

difficulty

7

only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)

1

oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition

26

substitution; alternative; substitute

1

lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information

3

upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth

3

unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene

4

ten (long cylindrical things)

2

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

2

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

3

kitten; small cat

1

extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd

3

opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion

1

offense; offence; method of attack

2

human speech; human language; sound of people talking

1

the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected

2

road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism

1

opening a new store; opening a new branch; setting up a stall (at a festival, trade fair, etc.); setting up a booth; exhibiting

1

to face on; to look out on to

2

sightseer; spectator; viewer

2

small change; pocket change; coins; small sum of money

1

good-for-nothing; scapegrace; nuisance; trouble

2

to chip off; to scrape off; to prune

1

to that extent; to that degree; so much; so

1