jpdb beta

window blind; blinds; blind

1

dawn; daybreak

1

light blue; pale blue; aqua

3

before now; hitherto

1

fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight

2

samurai family; samurai class; samurai stock; samurai; warrior

3

to announce; to declare

7

notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)

2

job; work; duties; trade; skill

1

absolute zero

6

to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort

1

temple (esp. large one); monastery; temple building

1

concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)

1

commanding a subordinate

1

stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded

1

emphatic verbal prefix; humble verbal prefix

1

strict order; peremptory command

1

warm heart; kindliness

5

neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing

1

to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun

1

consensus; collective will; collective opinion

1

unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

2

curt; blunt; point-blank

3

left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable

1

fixed phrase; canned phrase; standard wording; template; boilerplate

1

recognition of services

1

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

2

beyond comparison; incomparable

3

middle point; median point; middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

1

hardships; privation

1

hardship; toil; trouble

1

to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout

2

progress; advance; improvement; development

3

shout of abuse; jeers; boos

3

expansion; swelling; increase; growth

4

nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be

1

to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show

5

as you want; as you will

1

to discard; to abandon; to neglect; to let be

1

to be relieved of one's post

1

draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie

1

ordinary citizen; the general public

1

private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular

1

sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake

1

arhat

1

smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say; it's how you say it

1

to feel indebted (to); to feel grateful; to be much obliged

1

I pray; I wish

1

rubbish; trash; garbage; worthless thing

4

external; outside

1