jpdb beta

training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

7

excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)

3

affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)

4

relation; relationship

1

to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive

1

natural; reasonable; understandable

1

extent; scope; sphere; range; span

3

habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

1

sowing beans (or pulses, etc.); scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)

1

fine white noodles served flowing in a small flume

1

mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

2

season; time of year

3

each; every

5

planning; plan; project; arrangements

1

childhood friend; old playmate

1

relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

9

to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care

1

communication skills; communication ability

2

strong person; the strong; the powerful

2

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

5

stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

1

to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

5

person who gets lonely easily; person who does not like to be alone; person who craves company

1

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

4

match (contest); matching (with); going well (with)

1

to open up (to someone); to become unreserved; to lower one's guard; to become friendly (with); to feel at ease; to take a relaxed attitude (to)

1

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

13

to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify

4

to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

4

2nd day of the month; two days

3

to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)

3

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

3

to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply

1

as (for); for; in the capacity of

10

involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation

1

good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory

1

astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful

1

to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)

1

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

1

result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following

9

as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

5

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

2

regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...

1

generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds

1

outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer

1

lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)

4

uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently

3

to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

1

nothing but; except; no more than

4

pair; the two; both persons; both things

1