jpdb beta

commandant; commanding officer; general

1

to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to

2

top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile

1

inspection; examination; survey

1

to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)

2

to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word

2

thin film

2

one (thin, flat object); one sheet

3

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

1

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

2

camouflage; disguise

1

cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)

1

as you want; as you will

1

lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)

5

gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me

2

calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable

3

importance; gravity

1

it is I who should say so

1

meeting; assembly; association; conjunction

2

beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive

1

is something that; is that which

4

discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference

2

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

1

nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

1

marble

1

smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed

1

geometry

1

pattern; design

1

floor; floor surface

1

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

1

round table

9

at regular intervals; evenly spaced

1

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

5

the number of people; many people; a large number of people

1

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

1

appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence

3

drink; beverage

2

to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

1

as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to

2

to sit on a seat

1

taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)

1

deep breath

1

inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)

1

straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look

1

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

2

stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies

2

500; five hundred; many

6

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

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intelligent life

1

which; what (way)

5