jpdb beta

favorable reception; good reputation; popularity

3

sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan

1

feeling sick; feeling nauseous; feeling unwell; feeling displeased; feeling offended; feeling irritated

1

deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet

2

talk; chat

1

heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained

1

hopeless; irredeemable

1

grade; class; degree; magnitude

1

to look down (on); to condescend (to)

3

to throw back

1

concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)

2

four people

1

eight; 8

1

sixteen; 16

1

to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

2

thirty; 30

1

sixty; 60

1

(written) appeal; circular; manifesto; encouragement; encouraging words; letter of encouragement

1

ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)

1

Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan

1

world; society; people; the public

3

to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous

1

shall ...; to assume; to suppose

2

body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop

1

to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)

1

conspirators; faction; cabal; clique

1

resolute; determined; bold

1

contrast; juxtaposition; comparison; correlation (of strata)

1

impressive; striking; memorable; impactful

1

taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton

1

(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar

1

gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit

1

one year; some time ago

1

to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire

1

to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands

1

mediation; arbitration; conciliation (e.g. in civil or family court, leading to a settlement based on mutual concessions); mediation (of a labor dispute, by a labor relations commission)

1

straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied

2

gust of wind; vanguard

1

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

1

descendant

1

one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity

1

fate; destiny; predestination

3

(one) letter; (one) character

2

obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see

1

letter (of an alphabet); character; writing

1

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

1

clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes

2

tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing

5

mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest

1

engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin

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