jpdb beta

kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)

1

opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

3

army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group

2

finishing blow; coup de grâce

1

strong opposition

1

to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down; to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk

1

to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter

1

to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

2

rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net

1

dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity

1

bow; longbow

6

earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale

1

axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem

2

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

1

something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah

1

fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)

1

surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it

5

time is up

2

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

19

as planned

2

sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person

1

won't do (for me)

2

measurement error; calculation error

2

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

2

assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad

2

to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty

3

correct answer

1

whole nation; whole land; whole country

1

cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum

1

sound of water

1

rush mat; matting; mat

2

to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)

3

child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

4

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

3

slip-up; mistake; fault; (arch.) waste; (arch.) needless expense

1

Latin-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)

1

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

5

to translate; to interpret

5

everything; all

1

composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation

2

to hand over; to surrender

6

standby screen (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper

1

exception; exclusion

2

survivor

2

correction; rectification; mending; repair

5

reply; answer

4

to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

1

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

11

to complete decisively; to do to completion

2

to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it

1