jpdb beta

beginning; outset; first; onset

1

(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

1

founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion

4

political measures; policy

2

urgent business; pressing need; imperative

2

freighter (aircraft); cargo plane

1

business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

1

hastily made; improvised preparation

1

consequence; outcome; result; blame

1

administration bureau

6

to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)

1

(national) isolationism; isolation policy

1

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

2

seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

4

excuse; explanation

1

incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

1

report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)

2

indicates question

14

passenger

2

insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising

2

to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

2

to be in danger of; to be liable to

1

still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

4

entrant (into a country); immigrant

6

in that way; thus; so; so?

9

image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

1

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

4

you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

3

advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist

1

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

1

national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate

1

even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should

2

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

1

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

1

ideal

1

whether or not

1

be; is

40

wise saying

1

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

8

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

5

dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)

2

we

7

sailing; marching; going out; dispatch

2

doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

1

on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead

1

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

3

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation

1

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

7