jpdb beta

of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

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to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

2

(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest

3

concealment

4

major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued

1

proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

1

social; societal; societary

2

piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

1

Mistel

2

origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology

1

mystery

1

mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit

1

Dassault Mystère

1

Greek (language)

2

English (language)

1

self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption

1

to have meaning; to be meaningful

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supernatural

1

technique

2

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

3

technique; method

1

even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that

6

source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root

2

root; source; origin; cause

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floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)

1

way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression

1

this world; this life; world of the living

3

fundamental; basic

2

law; rule

5

complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective

2

in public; in company

1

announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

3

so far as

1

doing whatever one pleases

2

stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

3

etiquette; courtesy

1

ceremony; rite; ritual; service

3

to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

2

Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times

3

control; management; supervision

1

early on; earlier on; from early

1

expectation; assume will happen; forecast

2

organizational capability; organisational capability

1

to decide; to determine

5

to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain

5

to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship

1

society; public; community; social studies

1

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

2

(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah

1

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

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