jpdb beta

independence; self-reliance

3

dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar

1

many; much; plenty; hardly

1

putting into operation; invocation

2

to begin to dance; to break into a dance

1

street performer

4

food

4

stirring; slight movement

3

dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)

1

battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition

2

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

2

each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

2

popular (with); in favour (with); well received

1

synopsis; plot; outline; plan; scheme; program

1

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

5

coin; token; slug

1

to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

2

pocket

1

copper coin

1

slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet

2

to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)

1

tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?

1

to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

1

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

1

Sheffield (UK); Shefield

13

grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie

1

morning sun

1

mountain range; mountain belt

2

(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of

1

to scatter; to spread

1

to shade an account; to add something extra

1

taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...

1

far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

1

green; greenery; verdure

1

contrast

1

fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (voice); fluent (speech); eloquent

2

mere; only; just; slight

1

one month

1

iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast

2

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

1

feast; banquet

1

to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept

1

state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

1

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside

3

library

1

borrowing

1

geography

1

house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

1

publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue; issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising (an event)

1