jpdb beta

bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste

1

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

1

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

3

excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing

1

pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt

1

figure; shape; graphic

1

estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately

3

deciphering; decoding

1

Japan

1

these

6

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

3

origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient

1

committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting

4

speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on

1

storage; putting away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting

12

next; then; after that

1

to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate

2

Mithril

1

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

1

practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection

5

elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding

1

manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining

1

construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation

1

to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)

2

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

1

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

5

to need; to demand; to take; to require

2

mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object

1

admiration; wonder; astonishment

3

to cut (food) into chunks; to chop into lumps

1

not yet known; unknown; strange

2

structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance

4

well-informed person; thinking person; intelligent person

1

to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off

2

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1

glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing

2

to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly

3

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

1

armoring; armouring; armor; armour

1

all; entire; whole; altogether

3

the other; the other one

1

spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)

2

scarce; rare

2

to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)

2

what

7

highest grade; top class

2

black tea

2

set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)

2

to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

1

to be helpful; to be useful

2