jpdb beta

to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained

1

virtuous cycle; virtuous circle

1

nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color

1

increase in population; population growth

1

rich person; wealthy person

1

Olympics; Olympic Games

1

World Cup (e.g. soccer)

1

to grow up; to become an adult

1

prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)

2

high-school baseball

1

to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)

1

good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark

1

tide; current; tendency; trend

2

to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point

1

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

2

a period (of time)

1

coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing

1

under development; in development

1

latest technology

1

defensive perimeter; defence line; defense line; precaution; safeguard; safety measure

1

underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap

1

lakeshore; lakeside

1

on the lake

1

electric heater

1

inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household

1

interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party

1

it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...

1

to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations

2

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

1

real image; real form; real-life image; true picture

1

strengthening of relations

1

happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations

1

ideally; if one were to wish for more

1

pigeon; dove

1

inhabiting; living

1

expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent

1

magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

1

prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory

1

to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on

1

extremists; radicals; militants

1

to seize the initiative

2

all-out attack; general offensive

2

to make an appeal (to the public); to rally (people) to one's cause; to call to action; to spur on; to fire (someone) up; to rally (troops, employees, etc.)

1

to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with

1

colonization; colonisation

1

review; reconsideration; revision

1

discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure

1

delay; putting off; procrastination

1

loss-cutting; cutting one's losses

1

ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier

1