jpdb beta

discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring

3

to go ahead; to pull ahead

1

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

2

apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment

4

vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot; empty point

7

suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting

2

showy; loud; flashy; gaudy

2

triangle; triangular shape

8

two-storey house; two-story house

1

green; green color

3

giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)

2

high; high school

1

field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

1

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

2

pension (Western-style boarding house)

1

chill; shakes; ague

1

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

1

to keep standing; to stand motionless

3

the preceding year; the previous year; last year

4

the end (of); powder

1

holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)

1

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

1

management

1

being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

2

company president; manager; director

2

previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation

1

rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit

1

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

1

(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly

1

to order; to command; to appoint

1

early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk

5

concrete

5

box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

2

garage

6

to fall continuously (of rain, snow, etc.); to fall hard; to fall heavily; to pour down

3

to escape

1

surroundings; environs; circumference

1

to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits

1

to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective

1

for use by children; for children

1

bicycle; bike

1

cinders; ashes

2

eighteen litre drum

1

open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)

1

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

4

dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)

1

to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric

1

half-crazed; frantic

1

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

1

he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing

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