jpdb beta

last year

1

to put on airs; to assume importance

2

northwestern part; the northwest

1

and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

2

choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion

3

war expenditures

3

to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase

2

to warm oneself (e.g. at a fire)

2

up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual

1

pretension; assumption (of a title)

1

to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly

2

advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)

1

he himself; his personal

4

declaration; statement; proclamation

3

hard to understand; Byzantine fashion

1

time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times

3

professional job; profession

1

to shoot a person to death

2

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

5

oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition

1

grounds of an argument

1

to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)

1

arms race; armaments race

1

habitat isolation; compartmentalization; segregation; isolation

1

drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation

1

kendo hall

1

dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

5

classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture

2

unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill

1

social standing

2

consenting opinion

1

to be quick-witted; to be tactful; to be sensible

2

leaving one's seat

6

morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)

3

strategic

1

exceedingly little; exceedingly few; scanty; paltry; puny

1

to wring the neck; to strangle

2

disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

2

one fifth part

2

first place; head position; leading position

1

criticism; judgement; judgment; comment

2

well known; well connected

2

baton (of command); order; command; direction

3

personal affair; one's own affair

1

reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos

1

person being waited for; person who waits

1

bulldog

1

dishonesty; injustice; dishonor; dishonour; ingratitude

1

to look down on; to make light of

5

distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)

3