jpdb beta

strategy meeting; council of war

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attendance; participation; presence

1

person in charge (of an area of work, etc.); person responsible; contact (person)

2

first-class; first-rate

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size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months

2

sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air

1

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

4

chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table

1

pretension; assumption (of a title)

2

one's plan

1

belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration

1

to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell

1

sign; signal; cue

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secret agreement

4

convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency

1

expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment

2

succession; successor

1

to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify

1

with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...

1

in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma

1

brave general; brave warrior; courageous general

3

wicked tongue; sharp tongue; abusive language

5

to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

2

passenger; traveller; traveler; tourist

2

naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting

2

cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless

2

sudden change; complete change

1

blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)

4

in the midst of the enemy

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lone (isolated) force; forlorn force

2

lesson; precept; teachings; moral

2

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

1

back; rear; background

4

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

5

coward; wimp

1

unable to escape criticism; worthy of censure

1

battle of words; debate; argument; dispute

1

to make sense

1

fundamental; basic

3

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation

1

strategic; strategically; from a strategic point of view

2

to narrow; to reduce; to contract

1

reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation

2

(since) the beginning of the universe; (since) the dawn of time

1

fantasy; illusion; vision; dream

1

joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)

1

plan; measure; means; scheme; policy

1

permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis

2

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

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as hoped for; as expected

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