jpdb beta

to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy

1

to chip; to nick; to break; to lack

5

measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment

1

attendance; presence and absence; attendance and non-attendance

1

Tanaka

1

to complain; to make a complaint

6

protest; objection

1

alphabet

1

revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)

4

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

1

to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

1

marks or dots written alongside a word to indicate stress or draw the reader's attention; emphasis mark; guiding marks written beside kanji to facilitate reading of kanbun

1

red herring

1

proposition; thesis; task; problem; giving a title; naming

2

side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)

1

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

1

Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)

2

shallow knowledge; superficial learning

1

to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

1

analogy

2

eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.

13

Aristotle; Aristoteles

2

oratory; art of public speaking

1

valid; effective; yuko (judo)

5

Athens (Greece)

2

citizen (of a country); citizenry; citizen (of a city); resident; bourgeoisie; middle class

5

use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)

1

definition

5

sniff-sniff (of an animal); whining; whimpering

2

to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about

1

form; shape; figure; morph

2

to find fault (with)

1

just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable

3

right; privilege

5

securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying

3

in order to; for the purpose of; must; should

3

to do one's best; to put forth every effort

2

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

4

human kindness; human weakness

1

middle period; medium-term

1

Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems

1

material (data) for one's research; research material

1

valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement

2

defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste

1

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible

1

empty (e.g. argument); insubstantial; hollow; fruitless

3

avoidance of responsibility; shirking (one's) responsibility

1

evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround

1

term

1

easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic

1