jpdb beta

to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

21

poisonous plant

11

if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)

1

to have a terrible time; to have a hard time

1

thief; robber

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

11

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

8

damn kids; brats

1

hereabouts; around there; that area

1

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

6

while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way

5

watering (plants)

1

eastern gate

1

everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress

1

gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor

3

spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal

2

care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

12

Classification of swords

58

riverside; riverbank; edge of a river

1

to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)

2

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

8

senility; dotage; decrepitude

1

outward appearance; looks

4

evil eye; magical eye; eye with supernatural powers

3

to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way

4

rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)

19

fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)

10

accumulation; accumulate; store

8

the front; honest; upright; decent

13

pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)

4

calm; composed; cool; quiet

6

gasp; pant

4

convenient; handy; useful

12

around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now

6

paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven

2

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

5

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

25

stalk; stem

5

period of time; time slot; time zone

2

to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root

1

to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top

11

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

3

to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

7

sample; specimen; pattern; model; example

4

ingredient; component; composition

6

to take root

3

way of taking (e.g. photographs); manner of taking; how to take

1

curve; bend; crook

1

since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all

1

totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender

2