jpdb beta

to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

3

anyone; any person; whoever

1

(power of) imagination

3

poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want

1

unthinkable; unimaginable; inconceivable; unclassifiable; never dreamt of

1

fourth

1

the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district

1

900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot

1

valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon

2

February; second month of the lunar calendar

1

the end (of); powder

1

commerce; trade; business

3

founding of a nation

1

leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning

4

acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair

1

arable land; plantation; farmland; fazenda; hacienda; large estate

1

recent years

1

settler; colonist; immigrant

1

collective farm

1

reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground

1

strongest

2

hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs

1

leader; chief; boss

1

Flegel

3

advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation

4

going into a frenzy; flying into a rage

2

shooting to death

1

commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)

2

opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion

1

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

3

to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide

1

state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

1

hence; for that reason

3

arms; weapon; ordnance

1

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing

2

selling off; disposal by sale; sale

1

price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee

2

division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation

2

each person

2

breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)

1

to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose

8

homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country

5

sly; cunning; crafty

1

treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning

1

tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard

5

pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after

2

exaggeration; hyperbole

3

to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)

5

simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated

2

the ways of the world; human nature

1