jpdb beta

(verbal) tit for tat

1

objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

2

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

2

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

2

hard to do

1

reply; answer

1

reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding

1

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible

1

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

3

poet

3

new and old; incoming and outgoing

1

to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled

1

vulgar; indecent; crude; jumbled (of a place); disorderly; chaotic

1

serious wound; hard blow

1

to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)

4

to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort

2

order; discipline; regularity; system; method

1

to be jumbled together

2

to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance

1

among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

1

chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain

2

black market

1

to originate (with); to start (with); to stem (from)

1

Rigolet; Rigoletto (opera by Verdi)

1

struggle for existence

2

business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown

1

(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally

1

line; row; rank; list

1

imperial capital

12

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

2

self-reliance; self-help

1

character; traits; ethos

1

replacing the old with the new; the old giving way to the new

1

to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to learn (by observation)

1

planned; scheduled; systematic

1

exception

2

to look old; to get old

2

to bud; to sprout; to develop (of talents, feelings, etc.); to awaken

1

creation; generation; formation; derivation

2

life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

4

to carve out a history; to make history; to have a history

1

equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform

3

mottled pattern; patchy pattern

1

annual tree ring; growth ring; experience in life

2

to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath

1

to love

6

lung cancer

1

notice; notification; announcement; disclosure; declaration

1

next day

1

to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)

1