jpdb beta

hymn; hymnal

1

misfire

2

to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)

2

burnt field; burnt area

1

afterglow; lingering light

1

funnel

1

antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit

1

ancient times; distant past; antiquity

2

to become well-known; to become common knowledge; to become famous; to be on everyone's lips

1

person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff

2

inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through

1

kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous

1

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

2

beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn

2

to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for

3

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

1

size

2

incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal

3

containing (an ingredient, mineral, etc.)

1

national treasure

2

from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts

1

(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property

2

first-rate; finest quality; the best

2

leviathan

1

one's superior's anger; imperial wrath

1

white whale; Moby Dick

1

each and every; all

2

difficult to obtain; difficult to get

1

much the same

1

limit; restriction

2

hegemony

2

large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)

7

capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

7

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

10

profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior

3

correct answer

2

to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up

1

actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

1

to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit

2

there; that place

8

hearsay; rumor; rumour; report

2

to have a smattering knowledge of

1

to join together; to combine; to join up

1

to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far

4

as we know

1

to go out (of a fire, etc.); to die out (before burning to ash); to fall through (of plans, etc.); to fizzle out; to come to nothing

1

inconvenient

1

control; management (e.g. of a business)

3

internal; domestic

8

difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress

3