jpdb beta

lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy

9

media manipulation

3

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

3

unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking

2

of all things (people, places, days, etc.)

5

feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report

4

much the same

1

difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

15

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

1

to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread

10

to strike a chord; to tug at one's heartstrings; to resonate

1

news program; news programme

1

play ball!; starting a match (of baseball, tennis, etc.)

1

judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; judgement (of God); referee

25

in a positive sense of the word; in the best sense of the word; in a good way

2

that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?

5

broadcasting station; broadcaster

13

acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

1

curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)

1

indefinite

1

broadcasting rights

1

stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture

1

program (e.g. TV); programme

10

(another's) parents

2

super hero play; playacting as action heroes

1

children; juvenile

2

resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted

3

tone (of argument); tenor; drift

2

dominant; ruling

1

commentator

4

writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)

6

extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling

1

flip chart; flip (jump)

2

small number of people

4

grounds of an argument

1

enumeration; list

2

slander; calumny; defamation; libel; abuse

4

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

2

label; sticker

3

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

21

radio waves, as sent out and received by people's minds

13

to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...

10

relation; connection; relevance

12

doubting; questioning; being skeptical (of)

1

euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect

1

slight increase; marginal rise

1

deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out

3

favorable; favourable

2

protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication

3

reprimand; stern warning

1