jpdb beta

head start; initiative; preemption

1

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

1

pollution; contamination

3

killing; murder

2

major city

1

attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness

6

intermediate-range ballistic missile; IRBM

1

nuclear submarine

1

peace

1

good sense

2

dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine

3

one night; all night; overnight; one evening

1

to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

1

international situation

1

fleet (fishing, naval, etc.); convoy; group of ships

1

counter for ships; counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); (arch.) counter for items carried in a bundle (e.g. fish, birds, arrows)

2

televised speech; TV address

1

declaration; statement; proclamation

2

international law; law of nations

1

piracy

1

provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué

1

act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery

1

pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation

1

alert status; emergency alert

1

demonstrators

2

nuclear test

1

opening (the doors of a venue); inauguration (of a new building, facility, etc.)

1

anti-war movement

2

to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up

1

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

3

with a clatter; with a rattle; (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle

1

long line; long queue

1

scientific world; world of science; scientific circles; scientific community

1

notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties

1

excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling

1

institute of technology; technological university; technical university; engineering college

9

professor; teaching; instruction

39

gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)

2

with a lot of fat; with a heavy build; with a portly build; with a stout build

1

past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40

2

straight-laced person; stubborn person

1

accepting an order; receiving an order; orders received; closed won

1

feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles

2

military aircraft

4

refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake

1

lukewarm; tepid; lenient

1

to drag in; to pull in

2

imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective

1

to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise

1

parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement; views that never cross

3