jpdb beta

lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely

2

poor hearing

1

to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

3

was

18

handling things like an adult; behaving like a mature grown-up

1

to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal

2

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

11

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

9

be; is

106

among these; between these; of these

2

practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai

7

five; 5

38

thousand; 1,000

10

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

12

remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers

9

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive

11

(national) capital (city); metropolis

2

attack; drive; advance; invasion

3

and; as well as

4

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

12

long; (for a) long time

2

legend; folklore; tradition

7

only; nothing but

20

entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence

2

artifact; relic (of a past civilization); relic (of a former age); vestige of a bygone era; anachronism; outdated thing

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

40

breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor

11

the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

5

to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away

1

breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough

1

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

6

impossible

11

to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with

3

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

2

nuclear bomb

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

2

reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason

32

therefore; consequently

1

you (plural); all of you; you all

37

as you know; as we know

1

just now; at this moment; at this point of time

5

flying column; detached force

2

in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean

2

to burrow through; to dig through

2

to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point

3

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

67

torque

24

middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

9

team

36

just like that; quite so; I agree; that street

8