jpdb beta

academic; scholarly; scientific

1

broadcast program; broadcast programme

1

thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article

1

ordinary; sensible; commonplace

1

excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing

1

(study of) history

1

to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug

2

reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly

1

present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

1

principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general

1

misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness

1

thorough investigation; close inquiry; pursuit (e.g. of the truth)

1

to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

3

not non-existent; not completely lacking; there is some; certainly existent

1

to sew on

1

proud; elated

2

to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

1

teary eyes

1

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

4

ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

1

living person; the living

3

sect; denomination

1

(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah

2

belief; faith; adherence; espousal

1

insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive

2

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

1

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

3

torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

1

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

1

villager

6

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work

2

the same opinion

1

actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

2

encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)

1

if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)

1

to rampage; to run wild; to run amok; to rage (of a storm, waves, etc.); to be wild (of the wind); to be rough

1

we

1

skeptical; sceptical; incredulous

1

oneself; myself

1

investigator; examiner

1

self-sufficiency

1

outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

2

touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency

1

record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)

3

it seems that; as if

1

both shoulders

2

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

1

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

1

I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

2

to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way

1