jpdb beta

cowardice; timidity; bashfulness

1

absolute secrecy

3

fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success

1

decontamination

2

large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

1

to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline

2

to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

2

beginning; start; outset

1

concern; interest

1

meaning; connotation; denotation

1

to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind

1

skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery

2

whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches

1

only; merely; just; at most; no more than

2

to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty

1

none other than; ... himself; ... herself

1

to get angry; to lose one's temper

1

taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)

2

frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere

1

to call a person's attention (to)

1

premature

1

disclosure; exposure; revelation

2

long (time); longstanding; for a long time

1

haughty; arrogant; supercilious

1

unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate

1

angry voice

1

(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will

2

to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)

1

scum of the earth; monster; fiend

1

self-sacrifice; self-renunciation

1

father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)

3

ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility

2

problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy

1

energy problems; energy issues

3

to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable

2

to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue

1

(a) step forward

1

to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away

2

gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)

1

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

1

decision; agreement

1

to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

1

microwave oven

1

heating; application of heat

1

explosion; rupture; break off

1

to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin

1

sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy

2

violence; murder; crime

1

target

1

complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)

1