jpdb beta

firm; company

1

president (of a society); chairman

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cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

1

counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor

1

sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America

5

(arch.) eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); (arch.) eastern provinces; (arch.) east; wagon; yamatogoto

1

Saizou

1

on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

1

postwar period; period after Second World War

3

revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

1

transportation

1

work; business; company; study

1

great wealth; enormous fortune

1

to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

2

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

1

businessman with political ties

1

fixer

1

departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition

1

feeble joke; bad pun

1

arrogant; insolent; disdainful

1

(political) power; authority; influence

2

pre-war days; before the war

1

Europe

1

studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)

1

experience

1

to like; to prefer

1

thought; idea; ideology

1

matchless; unequalled; unequaled

1

soccer; seersucker

1

devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing

1

hint

1

simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light

2

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

1

absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

1

to become better; to improve

1

to authorize

1

serial killer

1

war; fighting; fierce competition

1

affirmation; affirmative (logic)

1

advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author

1

permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize

1

methodology

1

possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people

3

foundation stone; cornerstone

1

to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

1

to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine

1

to win the favour of (favor); to be acknowledged (e.g. by a superior); to measure up to

1

force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

1

dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme

1

change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension

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