jpdb beta

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

5

(a) row; line

2

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

2

to build an embankment

1

device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement

1

bank; weir; embankment; levee

1

beach; seashore; seaside; coast

1

large stone; boulder; dragon; long group of connected stones spanning a wide area

2

great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible

2

pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

3

stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump

3

bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine

2

to drive in (a nail, stake, etc.); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into; to shoot into; to input (data)

3

substitution

1

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

1

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

4

increase in yield

2

Tenpō era (1830.12.10-1844.12.2)

1

to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out

4

right; correct; proper; righteous; just

3

immediately; right away; on the spot

3

conviction; belief; confidence

2

thirteen; 13; king

9

Matsukata Masayoshi (1835.3.23-1924.7.2)

2

Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)

7

construction work

7

recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement

1

industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation

2

call; visit

2

support; backing; aid; assistance

2

dream; vision; reverie

2

practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis

6

arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

5

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)

2

authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office

3

informal consent; private consent

1

Netherlands; Holland

2

engineer; technical officer

2

De Rijke

1

measurement; surveying

2

sluice gate; water gate; flood gate

3

water level

1

adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing

1

the best; ideal

2

to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict

9

more than ... years; -odd years

1

completion of construction

1

interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off

2

postponement; deferment; adjournment

1

abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed

4