jpdb beta

strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

1

packing; crating; packaging

1

completion; perfection; accomplishment

7

to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)

1

personal delivery; handing over in person

1

tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)

2

meeting up; gathering; assembly; set

1

to occur; to happen

1

just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution

1

to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up

1

wooden; made of wood

1

board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.); (phonograph) record; disc; board; panel

7

side of a geometric shape (e.g. triangle or rectangle)

1

to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe

2

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

1

makimono; handscroll; roll of cloth (for making a kimono); scarf; stole; makizushi

2

one's destination; place where someone is going; source (of an object); origin; branch office

2

(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this

1

marble

1

encouragement; incentive; stimulus

1

highest grade; top class

1

buying by the box

2

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

1

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

4

new; fresh; novel

4

to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with

1

long time; long interval; for quite some time

1

to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated

2

probability; likelihood; chances

1

how much; how many; to what extent

2

a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible

1

percentage

1

best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most

2

100 percent

1

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

1

start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game

1

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

1

novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away

1

little by little; bit by bit

2

faint-inducing; dizzying; overwhelming; mind-numbing; staggering

1

crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)

5

Sparta (ancient Greek city-state); hard education; hard training; strict; severe

2

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

1

somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra

2

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

6

physical condition; state of health; shape

1

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

2

parameter

2

the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like

1