jpdb beta

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

2

highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)

2

armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

2

tree; trees and shrubs

1

(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base

1

half day

1

a little bit; a little while

2

to be in luck's way; to get lucky

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

1

short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number; blank; bad bargain

1

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

1

circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

1

consideration (for others); (making) allowance

1

usual state of things

1

halfwit; blockhead; fool

2

remote region; frontier (district); border(land)

1

demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move

1

advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner

1

top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile

1

fixed date; settlement date

1

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

2

long trip

1

tiredness; fatigue

1

to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)

1

reshuffling; job rotation

2

notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology

1

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

2

title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank

2

old haunts; former homes

1

stupidity; silliness; asininity; imbecility; dim-wittedness

1

to hear of; to learn of

1

to escape

1

entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining

1

power; authority; influence

1

few in number

1

technician

3

to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

1

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

2

truth; real situation

1

mobilization; mobilisation

1

extreme; extremity

1

is there anything else?

1

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

1

highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master

3

road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)

3

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

1

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

1

scout; patrol; spy

1

when; at what point

1

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

4