jpdb beta

to be opposite; to face each other

2

in a bad temper; cranky; crabby

1

to straighten oneself

2

reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer

1

to pick on; to tease

1

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl

2

as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

1

attendance; presence; appearance

6

reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

2

any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve

1

politics; government

6

not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following

2

boatman; ferryman

1

to move up (e.g. date, rank, order); to be advanced; to be carried (of a number in addition)

2

just because; even if; even though

2

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

1

every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)

2

evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

1

recent years

1

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

3

political disturbance; political change; change of government; political upheaval; overthrowing of a government; coup d'état

4

a help; assistance

1

predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

2

to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

3

fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs

1

interference; intervention; meddling

2

pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting

2

ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines

1

balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic

1

confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent

1

love letter

2

concealment

2

extra-large; king-size

1

to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame

1

riskiness; (level of) danger

1

torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

2

downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

1

mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)

1

grandmother

1

to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up

1

like a decent person; human

1

to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

1

funeral service

7

distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness

3

wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

6

the deceased; the departed

1

even; but; however

3

sparse; distant (of a relationship); estranged; alienated

1

naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious

1

how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

1