jpdb beta

monk; friar

1

deciphering; decoding

1

judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal

1

among (them); of (them)

1

becoming red-hot; red heat; scorching heat; burning (love); passionate (e.g. debate); ardent

3

language

1

several volumes (books)

1

to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode

1

time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job

2

translation; deciphering; decoding; translation

4

authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert

1

to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet

1

supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)

1

dilettante; person of unusual tastes; person with strange hobbies; person of refined taste; connoisseur

4

to sell off; to sell completely

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

8

learning by watching others; learning by imitation; following by example

1

title; index; heading; headline; caption

3

catalogue; catalog; list of betrothal presents; gift register; (table of) contents; certificate of initiation

3

manufacture; production

1

a few years later

1

contribution; donation

1

to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)

1

to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane

1

security for a loan; collateral

1

treasure house; storage for valuable property

1

notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding

1

to classify; to sort out; to sift through

1

opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke

6

ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...

1

difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

1

huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

1

close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny

1

outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment

1

it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...

2

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

1

thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time

1

title; caption; heading

1

to buy; to purchase; to buy out

2

being scattered and ultimately lost; dissipation

1

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

3

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

3

disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

1

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

1

Pope

1

to make a fool of (someone)

1

cardinal (Catholic Church)

1

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

2

person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily

1

realistic; pragmatic

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