jpdb beta

decision; ruling; award; arbitration

12

to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway

1

conference; discussion

1

to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)

1

at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance

1

one's subordinate

1

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

2

no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...

2

punishment; penalty

2

physical condition; state of health

1

to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

4

again and again; repeatedly

1

the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality

4

centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule

2

strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification

4

to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to

2

to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

1

to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper

2

careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

1

to refuse; to decline; to deny

1

(political) power; authority; influence

2

at least

2

to keep step (with); to keep pace (with); to move in lockstep; to align (with another's thoughts or actions)

2

the ruler; sovereign

1

the lower classes; the common people

1

to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down

1

several times; once or twice

1

to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

1

cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)

1

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

2

anger

1

faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true

3

to gather strength; to take heart

2

serious injury

1

to impose; to visit upon; to inflict

2

the place for; the time for; the level of

1

spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming

1

resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

2

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

15

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

3

performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

1

kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse

1

to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)

1

battlefield; battleground

1

stray bullet

1

(direct) hit; hitting the mark

4

to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

1

breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)

2

kindness; intimacy; friendship

1

ostensible (surface) reason

1