jpdb beta

coal mining; coal extraction

13

romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance

4

sneeze; sneezing

3

within a pit or (mine) shaft

6

drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water

2

dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops

4

chilly; unpleasantly cold

1

to be splendidly handsome

1

handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler

1

to steal a glance (at); to look furtively (at); to take a peek (at)

1

cave-in (in a mine or tunnel); roof collapse; rockfall

4

closure of a mine; abandoned mine; disused mine

6

to dig out; to pick up

5

protection

5

annoying; noisy; strict

1

(under) municipal management (transport, housing, etc.); city facility management

1

public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow

1

to be lazy; to be idle; to slack; to neglect (e.g. one's work); to be neglectful of; to skip (e.g. school)

1

hateful; detestable; abominable; amazing; fantastic; admirable

2

unbearable; intolerable; insufferable

1

one's just deserts; one's just desserts; one's just reward; what one deserves; comeuppance

1

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

1

reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution

1

to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

1

mortal

1

to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

5

falling over; toppling sideways

2

race (of people); type of person

2

best moment to take a picture; right timing (for a photograph); photo opportunity

1

Western wine and spirits; Western liquor

1

to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded

1

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

1

vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

1

to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to permeate

2

to cut one's hand; to cut one's connections (with); to break off relations (with); to cut ties (with)

1

hurt; injured

2

for the first time in one's life

4

to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes

2

eye mucus; eye discharge; sleep

1

the same person

1

to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell

1

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

3

contract of employment

1

duty of confidentiality

3

damage; injury; defamation; harm

1

punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal provisions; penal code

2

listening (esp. in foreign language education); listening comprehension; interview (with a client, etc.); survey; (public) hearing

8

department and section managers

1

censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification

1

informal; unofficial

3