jpdb beta

worldly wise; sophisticated; street smart; knowledge of the world (acquired in the school of hard knocks); toughness

1

obstruction; hindrance

4

to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant

8

private property

7

nationalization; nationalisation

2

misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion

2

ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights

3

judicial branch (of government); judicial organ

1

federal law; federal legislation

2

public facilities; utilities

1

real estate

1

The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BCE)

1

time and effort; trouble

1

manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer

1

to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

2

to meet the demand

1

village; hamlet; countryside; country

2

armed group

2

orientation flight; training flight; practice flight

1

points to note; points of concern; matters to keep in mind; matters that require attention

1

disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character

18

to cut in; to butt in

3

to take a veneer off something

2

to take care; to mind; to be attentive

2

true to one's name; living up to one's name

1

fundamental; primary; most important

1

if you run after two hares you will catch neither

1

important point

1

mild

3

binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term

1

character

1

to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken

1

tort; illegal act; illegal activity; offence; offense

1

to blame; to find fault with

1

non-achievement (of a goal); failing to achieve

1

suppression

2

irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)

2

becoming chronic

2

strain; deformation; warp; harmful effects; strain; stress

2

warm; mild; temperate

2

to add (to what was said before); to say in addition

2

chopping board; cutting board

1

to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes

1

approximation; rough estimate; ballpark figure

1

to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile

3

death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without

9

without doing

1

becoming dull (of a knife, one's wits, etc.); becoming blunt

1

turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel

1

to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation

1