jpdb beta

charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal

1

our country; our land; one's own country

6

what sort; what kind

1

satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable

2

product

1

from afar; over a great distance; all the way

1

to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)

1

hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

1

wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

1

to rise (to a high position); to work one's way up; to push one's way up; to be promoted

1

calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation

1

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

3

now; come (now); well

1

really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely

1

trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

1

to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

2

to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange

1

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

1

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

2

temporary (suspension) bridge; makeshift bridge; bridge (between cultures, generations, etc.); link; walkway (constructed on a cliff face); plank path

1

to invite; to call out

1

to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)

1

taste; feel on the tongue; manner; demeanour; demeanor

1

within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal

1

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

2

depending on; dependent on

1

weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

1

clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

1

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

2

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

1

apathetic; indifferent; nonchalant; callous

1

sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile

2

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing

2

to wear out (shoes or socks) and discard; to kick off (shoes); to fling off

1

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

1

opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke

4

to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention

1

reproductive (procreative) power; fertility

1

as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree

1

quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute

1

prejudice; bias; distorted view

1

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

1

endless; boundless; everlasting

1

feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted

1

to shout at

1

traditional; customary; conventional

1

to the end; to the last

1

to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted

1

to wash away; to sweep away; to carry away

2