jpdb beta

great majority

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suffering (as a result of maltreatment)

1

green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn

1

entire world; whole world; world stage

1

to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle

1

large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal); tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)

1

marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons

2

foreign matter; impurities

1

real intention; true motive; true meaning

2

hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious

1

temple (esp. large one); monastery; temple building

1

temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room

2

showing one's face in public; facing another person

1

smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft

1

(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway

1

to compose (e.g. poem); to recite; to intone; to chant

1

bookshelf

4

far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for

1

to carry; to bring (to a place)

1

guard; sentinel; garrison

1

warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment

1

mysterious power

1

beyond description

1

printing

1

one's own handwriting; autograph; as written with a brush

1

Eastern Europe

1

spirit of self-denial

1

to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)

2

to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else

1

to become rustic; to be countrified

1

examining room

5

irritant odor; irritant odour; irritating smell (odor, odour)

1

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

1

person being waited for; person who waits

1

60th birthday

1

white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson

2

reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged

1

to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other

1

news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview

1

shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!

1

compact disc; CD

1

cloud of dust; sandstorm

1

to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)

1

doctor's office; doctor's surgery; clinic

1

young person

1

to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

1

old days

1

to writhe (in pain)

2

Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later

2

dusk; twilight

1