jpdb beta

spectacle; sight; scene

2

feeling keenly; fully realizing

1

hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat

1

immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing

2

patronage; protection

2

gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees

1

management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting

1

activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture

3

needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide

1

serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis

1

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

1

distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm

1

to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

1

to take someone's life; to kill someone

1

time; meter; beat; the moment (of doing); the instant

1

superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)

1

lifestyle; way of living

1

learning by watching others; learning by imitation; following by example

1

to mimic; to imitate

1

patterns of thinking; train of thought

2

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate

2

to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust

1

control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order

1

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

3

commitment; pledge; promise

1

euphemistic; circumlocutory; periphrastic; roundabout; indirect

1

things; everything

1

hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous

3

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

1

to need; to call for; to require

1

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

1

full operation (e.g. of a factory, machine, reactor); full strength; full speed

1

to concentrate one's effort (on something)

2

to spend time (on doing something)

2

literacy rate

2

to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort

2

deep place; depths; depth; profundity

1

making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt

1

woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

1

furthermore; even more

1

misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

1

big shot; higher-ups

1

another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally

3

judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly

1

stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

1

to etch into one's mind; to remember well

1

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

3

incompetent; no-talent; worthless person; dimwit; incompetence

1

troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle

2