jpdb beta

nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious

3

to go over the top; to act without restraint; to cut loose

1

illicit sexual relationship

7

outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable

3

serious crime; grave sin; mortal sin; deadly sin

1

patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman

1

to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears

1

call for attention; alert; heads-up; reminder

2

interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

1

to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink

1

control; management; supervision

1

eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)

1

alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism

1

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

2

nine o'clock

1

for convenience; as a matter of convenience

1

passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality

1

willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord

1

vulgar; lowbrow; coarse

1

to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up

1

different room; another room; separate rooms

1

arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration

3

away (game, goal, etc.); opponents' ground; unfamiliar surroundings; feeling out of place; enemy territory

1

inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing

1

average; mean; balance; equilibrium

1

common saying; everyday talk; common parlance; vulgar; lowbrow; indecent

1

participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in

4

abatement; reduction

1

creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit

3

imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

1

to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

2

cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation

3

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

6

comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy

1

to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

2

to communicate

3

to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember

3

sense of security

1

to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (the wrong shoes)

1

western annex; west building

4

staying the night; lodging (at)

3

previous ruler; previous lord; late lord; teacher; teach

1

to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to feel that one has been unfairly treated; to be jealous; to be envious

1

to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit

2

pile; accumulation

1

the world in general; society; convention

2

for example

1

strategic

1

distrust; unjust suspicion

1

to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)

1