jpdb beta

tip of the iceberg

1

no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

2

strategy; artifice

2

stupid; dim-witted; dense; dull; obtuse; slow

1

frog

1

prime minister; premier; chancellor

3

vassal state; vassal nation; dependency

4

moderate

1

incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person

3

(political) purge

3

as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree

1

to temper thoroughly; to train well

1

bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent

1

position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view

7

stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics

1

unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha

2

loyalty; faithfulness

1

narrow-minded; intolerant; petty

1

to die; to pass away

1

(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one

2

to be lacking in options; to be too few

1

first thing in the morning

1

order of chivalry; chivalric order

4

blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper

1

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

4

roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly

1

consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care

1

hostility; antagonism; opposition

4

paper

10

(written) report

1

to be expensive

1

to use and then throw away

1

expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs

1

waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away

1

tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking

2

showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable

1

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

1

stiff; starchy

1

papermaking; paper manufacture

1

production output; number of goods manufactured

1

to shade an account; to add something extra

1

high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior

2

wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly

2

national defence; national defense

1

to tell (someone) to ...

1

to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to

1

vassalization; vassalisation

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retirement

1

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

massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust

1