jpdb beta

result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; effect; use; benefit

1

now is the time

3

able; capable; competent; talented; efficient

3

creativity; ingenuity

1

to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down

1

rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework

2

to keep walking

1

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

7

destination (one is heading towards); goal

1

type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)

3

tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky

1

points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank)

2

unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

2

inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness

1

necessary evil

1

dark side (of nature, town, etc.)

1

war damage

2

revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

4

leadership; initiative; spearhead

5

large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)

1

to acquire a position; to hold an appointment

1

taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)

1

disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

2

minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback

1

to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)

4

remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme

1

(psychological) trauma

1

abolition; elimination; extinction; discontinuation

3

stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration

1

to remove; to take away; to clear away; to tear down; to pull down; to demolish

3

to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear

4

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

2

to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

2

ha ha ha; hee hee hee; chuckling

1

slut; floozie; ho; bitch; witch; overbearing woman

1

service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service

4

a lot; a great deal; plentifully; properly; sufficiently; fully

3

relation; relative; kind; cordial

1

to lend a hand; to help

1

unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

1

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

1

broad view; big picture; wide perspective

1

to be broad-minded enough to associate with various types of people; to possess a capacious mind

1

strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules

1

ill-natured; twisted; ill-natured person; twisted person

1

admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification

2

well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!

1

potato

2

neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing

2

rosary

1