jpdb beta

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

2

zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager

3

to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous

2

authoritarianism

1

for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

1

merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism

1

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

11

peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic

1

to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block

1

human society

1

education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education

2

fundamental; basic

2

social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family

2

door

1

son-in-law

1

(somebody else's) parents; both parents

3

consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp

7

(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure

3

seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion

1

detached; aloof; indifferent

1

to resemble closely

1

trauma (usu. psychological)

1

to detain; to check; to restrain

1

to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

3

besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so

2

incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling

2

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

2

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

2

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

4

transparent; clear

2

thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate

1

(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength

1

devilishness

3

pride; haughtiness

1

sadism

1

confrontation; showdown

2

to feel depressed; to be down

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

2

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

8

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

2

future (usually near); prospects

3

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

2

careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

4

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

2

parents; both parents

8

foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

2

hatred

2

to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

4

tedious; boring; being fed up with

2

-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...

1