jpdb beta

law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

1

to become (a state, condition, etc.)

1

pimple; acne

1

to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate

1

meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object

2

start; beginning; first step; clue

1

the very best; utmost

1

fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)

1

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

1

boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier

1

dominant; ruling

1

administrative organization

1

system of government

1

to revere; to respect; to worship

1

ancient times

1

dry wind

1

flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times

1

descendant

3

dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction

1

to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with

3

blessing; grace

1

let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect

1

greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe

1

to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive

1

lake shore

1

to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out

1

inhabitant; resident; citizen; population

1

few decades; many decades; several decades

4

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

1

to lay; to spawn

2

cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae

1

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

2

simply; merely; only; solely

2

appearance; figure; shape; form

1

therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence

1

excelling; surpassing; outdoing

1

to act; to take action

1

precognition

1

supply; supplying; replenishment

1

healthy body

2

dispute; argument; contention

1

blood fluke (any fluke of family Schistosomatidae); schistosome

1

immune system

2

harmless

1

hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)

2

cold wintry wind

1

report (of an investigation); investigation (investigative) report

1

to acquire knowledge

1

mystery; mysteriousness; secret

1

to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account

1