jpdb beta

olden days; former

6

war for independence

1

war; fighting; fierce competition

1

liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

7

savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised

1

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

3

here; with this

1

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

1

knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen!

1

to gather together

1

to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

1

conversely; on the contrary

1

ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

1

return; coming back

1

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

3

spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed

1

to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

1

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

1

officials; authorities

1

acquaintance

2

manager; proprietor

1

to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out

1

extraterritoriality

1

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

1

self-protection

1

bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy

1

holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity

1

strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit

2

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

1

probable; likely

2

young and old; all ages

1

civil affairs; civil case

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

2

sickbed

1

look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!

3

only; merely; just; at most; no more than

1

taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

2

unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking

4

hey; say; look

1

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

2

well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge

1

you

4

memory; sense; experience

1

to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in

1

damned; cursed; accursed

1

to become decrepit; to be in one's dotage; to become dull; to lose one's astuteness; to lose one's touch; to become senile

1

going around; patrol; round; tour

2

to bundle; to tie up

2

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

2

west

1