jpdb beta

town; city; municipal; urban

8

pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely

2

drinking water

2

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

2

drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement

2

construction work

14

pupil in ... year; student in ... year

2

social studies

1

poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

4

rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)

2

water and sewer services

11

outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

4

lands outside (Chinese) civilization

5

tropical disease (e.g. malaria)

7

civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)

3

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

3

uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)

2

hygiene; sanitation; health

10

endemic disease; local disease

3

epidemic; plague; pestilence

2

to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive

2

origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive

2

as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state

8

meaning; significance; sense

6

Onigashima; island of ogres (in Japanese folklore)

1

evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

2

poet

3

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

1

unboiled water

1

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

3

now; come (now); well

2

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

1

to step forward; to take a step forward

1

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

19

to drink (whisky, whiskey) straight

1

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

7

traveller; traveler

3

matter of concern and interest

1

various; many; several

7

advanced (developed) country; advanced nations

1

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

4

Kangxi Emperor (Qing Dynasty)

1

Society of Jesus; Jesuits

1

evangelist

1

Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis

1

Chinese name (often of plants and animals)

1

map

4

measurement; surveying

4

to bring someone along

2

robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy

1