jpdb beta

devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice

9

unsuited; inappropriate; improper; undeserved

1

to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

8

price; cost

3

to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up

5

high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; forcing on someone (e.g. kindness)

2

pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants

3

heartstrings; koto string

1

odds and ends; all; every

2

fine-looking; beautiful; handsome; graceful; elegant

1

to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)

4

scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning

2

finding employment; getting a job

4

annuity; pension

1

time; years

6

more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others

2

someone; a certain person

1

approval; acceptance; recognition; private seal; signet

2

to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder

4

chronological table

1

half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer

1

to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much

7

to die; to lay down life's burden

4

firm; solid; steady; secure; unshakeable; unwavering

2

passing the baton (in a relay race); baton pass; baton handoff; passing the baton; handing over (a job, responsibility over something, etc.)

1

to shorten one's life

1

Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil); picotee morning glory; funnel-shaped object; bell (e.g. of a trumpet); (arch.) rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)

2

to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

1

potted plant; potting

2

vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts

2

sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)

4

(acting) together; jointly; cooperatively; in partnership; side by side; (lit.) holding hands

2

languid; weary; listless; melancholy

4

flattery; compliment

1

to form a circle; to move in a circle; (lit.) to draw a circle

1

support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy

2

to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about

1

disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position

7

(young) girl

1

strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger

1

the best; ideal

4

solving a riddle; solving a mystery

3

to plot against

1

first principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; tiny dash or speck

1

falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy

1

to buy as a gift

1

unarmed; without weapons

1

duck hunting

1

satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable

1

means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty

2