jpdb beta

stating (one's views); expressing

1

steep; precipitous

3

wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face

8

battalion

18

blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)

10

to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living

1

one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids

1

to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

1

means of transportation; means of transport

1

bureaucratic organization; bureaucracy

1

flying column; detached force

1

to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow

1

transport; transportation

20

cost

2

squaring; multiplying (a number) by itself; second power

1

proportion

2

to be based in (a place)

2

normal practice; proper practice

1

one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously

1

agrarian reform

1

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

2

to satisfy one's appetite

2

beard (esp. on the chin); goatee

2

rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)

3

proud; lordly

3

your countenance (his ..., her ..., etc.)

1

for the time being; for the present; immediate; present; for some time (after); current account

1

promissory note; written acknowledgment of debt; IOU

1

price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee

3

to pay out of one's own pocket

1

nonchalant air; unruffled air

1

one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity

5

advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging

5

failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

3

monarchical system

1

way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression

2

agricultural land; farmland

1

reform; reformation; reorganization

1

to talk down; to corner someone in an argument

5

serious; grave; dignified; solemn

5

planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up

6

promptly

1

rejection; dismissal

5

to dry up; to parch; to ebb away

2

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

4

different race; different ethnic group; different peoples

1

dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame

4

refusal; rejection

18

staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

2

to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide

1