jpdb beta

bodyguard

2

able-bodied; robust; sturdy; strong

1

stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

1

trusting too much; overestimating ability

1

boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up

1

potable water

3

even though; despite; when

1

on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

1

garden pond; miniature lake; fountain

1

drinking

1

fifth day of the month; five days

3

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

3

Taiwanese person; Taiwanese people

14

life cycle; life history

1

existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive

1

subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge

1

how; in what way

1

water resources

1

circulation; rotation; cycle; loop

2

system; organization; organisation; architecture

5

to miss (doing); to fail (to do)

1

opinion; point of view; visual point

1

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

3

water cycle; hydrologic cycle

1

green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)

7

to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide

1

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

1

to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch

1

surely; certainly

6

beautiful; gorgeous

1

turnip (Brassica rapa)

2

southern part; the south (of a region)

5

something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

4

fresh water (i.e. not salt water)

11

Japantown (esp. historical Japantowns in Southeast Asia founded in the 16th-17th centuries)

1

somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

3

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

6

to remain; to be left

6

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

4

Minister of War (Zhou-dynasty China)

1

fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent

1

traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue

5

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

1

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

3

the ruler; sovereign

1

Chinese person (esp. Han Chinese)

1

Tei Seikou (1624-1662)

1

slaughter; massacre

2

Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty

1

anti-Japanese resistance movement (in pre-WWII China); anti-Japanese campaign

1