jpdb beta

orphan; person without friends

134

going straight (to); going direct; unwavering action; decisive action; upright conduct

3

even now; still; as yet

8

to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)

8

water absorbency

1

cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding

1

plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)

2

same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room

10

to incline one's head

2

to come to one's senses; to recover consciousness; to feel relieved; to feel relaxed

1

aim; goal; prospect; outlook

3

to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain

3

to sell at a high price

2

cost price; buying price

1

selling price

1

incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal

5

trade; commerce

16

church; congregation

156

to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome

2

under the influence of

1

to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt

5

descendant

37

holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity

5

influenced (by); under an influence

1

great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty

9

exile; banishment; deportation

2

sinner; evildoer; wrongdoer

1

within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption

3

assessment (of value, damages, etc.); scrutiny (of budget requests, etc.); revision (of a budget)

1

great person; distinguished person; outstanding figure; giant; person of high caliber

1

to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity

1

being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about

3

to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

2

crude; philistine; uncultivated; uneducated; vulgar

1

hard to understand; Byzantine fashion

3

to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to

5

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

2

East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age

9

New Year

29

to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over

11

land of everlasting summer

1

altitude sickness; mountain sickness

1

ratification; confirmation

1

to be clever; to be quick-witted; to be precocious

1

to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze

2

unauthorized; unapproved; not recognized

1

private seal; personal seal; unregistered seal; informal seal; signet

1

distant; remote; isolated

1

many times

1

to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

3