jpdb beta

bar soap; solid soap

2

totally automatic

1

sprinkling (water); watering (plants)

1

diesel engine

1

a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone

1

end; close; finish; end of play (in go)

1

adjustment of production; production adjustment

1

generation of electricity; power generation; sending a telegram (now usu. for congratulations, condolences, etc.); telegraphing

5

dignity; grace; nobility; grade; quality; fineness

1

high-grade; high-rank; high-definition

1

to end amicably for everyone involved; to be resolved to everyone's satisfaction; to be settled without hard feelings on any side

1

thermal power station (i.e. using combustion)

2

ironworks; steelworks

12

good-quality; superior in quality

1

price competition

2

industrial area; industrial zone

6

coalfield; coal field

8

cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck

1

crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against

1

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

2

painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling

1

tie-in; package deal

2

money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)

1

political disturbance; political change; change of government; political upheaval; overthrowing of a government; coup d'état

1

the whole amount; entire amount; total amount; total quantity

1

trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance

1

cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)

3

pit; shaft

1

mineral deposit; ore deposit

1

rickshaw; jinrikisha

4

thin; slender; slim; skinny

1

climax; uprush; bulge

1

to feel more like (a certain mood)

1

nitrogen (N)

1

with a bang

1

breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation

1

ignition; combustion; firing a blank cartridge; discharge of a gun without bullets; firing (of an event); triggering

1

to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics

2

preliminary investigation

2

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion

1

wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)

1

result; effect; performance; workmanship (of an article); execution; shape and quality

1

the very best; excellent; superb

2

embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile

2

playing house

3

information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing

3

comfort; ease; amenity

1

binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term

2

distant relative

1

disagreeable; unpleasant; off-putting; disconcerting

1