jpdb beta

technique

1

vow; oath; pledge

1

joint signature

1

wrinkle; crease; ripple

2

to hold an opinion

1

both families

5

as planned

4

to send back

1

(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port

4

to make up a party

1

if you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for; (lit.) hate a priest, and you will hate his very vestments

1

typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model

1

diplomatic

1

decision-making

2

clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude

1

military power

2

top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile

4

disillusionment

1

collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing

3

inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure

1

stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

2

you could say; you might say; verging on the

2

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

1

speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one

3

collective view (opinion)

1

resistance

1

all you want; as much as one wants

1

to agree on; to agree about

1

simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-

1

three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold

1

ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)

2

to pull in (fish); to land

1

(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

2

any number of times

1

territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action

1

abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning

1

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

1

taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

1

child

1

to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate

1

had better; is advisable

1

to stare back (at); to glare back

1

to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

3

sword-bearer (subordinate whose job it is to hold their master's sword); rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony

1

private secretary; amanuensis

2

abusive language; violent language; wild words

1

twitching

1

all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults

2

something like ...; something called ...

1

to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with

1