jpdb beta

chief; main; principal; important

2

blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)

1

large army

1

inspection; examination; check; checkpoint; screening; inspection (esp. by police or security)

2

cost; expense

1

physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics

1

inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure

1

to degenerate; to lapse into

1

attendee; participant; person present

1

hot (to the touch); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense

6

to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

1

jam

4

to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander

2

10,000; ten thousand; 10^4

2

sugar

1

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

6

equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms

1

to fight (with); to cross swords; to compete (with); to argue (with); to have an argument; to have a dispute

1

cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

5

convenient

1

equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)

1

gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy

1

being a match for a thousand; being a mighty warrior (combatant, player)

1

showy; loud; flashy; gaudy

3

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

2

to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable

1

secret message

1

to participate in (as a member); to get involved in

1

to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

1

soon; shortly; before long

1

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

1

in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

1

to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)

1

naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord

1

gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

2

(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around

1

serve; serving (e.g. of food)

2

armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

2

going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another

1

to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

1

to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)

1

to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)

3

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

1

to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through

1

trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

4

to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb

1

window

2

to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

8

to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling

1

manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

4