jpdb beta

rational; reasonable; logical

3

air conditioning and heating

1

policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

1

great; grand; extensive; large-scale

1

good deed; good conduct; benevolence

1

bad habit; bad custom; evil practice; vice

1

both extremes

1

expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC

1

engineering works; civil engineering; public works

4

river; stream; River; the ... river

3

route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

1

sea route

2

anonymity; using an assumed name

3

stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

1

needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide

1

fraud

1

penalty; sentence; punishment

1

less than; under; below

1

de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-

1

to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

3

retiring from military service

6

to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson

2

inkwell

2

accounting department

2

carpenter

3

to explain the situation

1

two copies

2

midwife

1

to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with

4

to become inverted; to become reversed

4

trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

1

gale; strong wind; high wind

2

incorporating; inserting; nesting (e.g. of matryoshka dolls); nest; square offering tray made of unvarnished wood (three per nested set); latticed ceiling

1

stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign

1

stamping; embossing; tooling (e.g. leather); sigillation

1

entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission

1

distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to

1

direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service

2

seaside; seashore; coast; coastland

2

to reclaim; to fill up

1

export and import

1

land reclamation; land fill

1

appearing all together

1

protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval

1

refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly

2

heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun

1

the older child

1

barking over nothing (of a dog); barking at passers-by or visitors

1

to train; to discipline; to teach manners

1

to be betrayed by a trusted follower

1