jpdb beta

speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise

1

engine; agency; organisation; system; facility

12

voluntary activity; voluntary service; labor of love

1

use; utilization; utilisation; application

12

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

2

somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

2

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

6

to the end; to the last

3

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

1

investor; financier

1

reluctantly; unwillingly

1

to accept; to receive; to agree

4

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

5

besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so

1

danger; peril; hazard; risk

9

circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

1

strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

3

security measures

1

thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

2

imagination; supposition; guess

8

inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)

1

yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?

3

casual; unconcerned; nonchalant

1

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

2

each; respectively

3

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

7

younger sister

1

tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

3

to do so; to do thus

2

automatic rifle; weapon

2

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

6

public order; public peace; public security; law and order

1

control; management (e.g. of a business)

7

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

3

sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam

10

crime; offence; offense

3

number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)

1

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

3

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

2

than; other than; except; but

1

relief; peace of mind

4

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

3

value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal

1

noble; aristocrat; peer

17

celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

1

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

2

prefix for forming ordinal numbers

1

lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion

5

direct descent; direct line

2

pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred

1