jpdb beta

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

10

to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

2

to faint; to lose consciousness; to be in a daze; to feel overwhelmed; to feel exhausted

3

skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath

4

manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

8

mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit

1

principle; theory; fundamental truth

3

to produce a sound

1

oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)

2

to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes

1

structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance

3

crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received

3

annual tree ring; growth ring; experience in life

5

ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

8

mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing

2

index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe

5

rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)

1

feel; touch

3

to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)

1

grapefruit

1

cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach

1

to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to

2

truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance

3

rice husks; chaff

1

many; much; plenty; hardly

2

in large drops

1

successively; one after another

1

to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

1

scarabaeid beetle; Mimela splendens (metallic-green scarabaeid beetle)

1

counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth

3

fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance

2

to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

1

plant; vegetation

2

fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance

1

to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

6

brains; brain tissue

1

brain; brains; mind

10

to laugh scornfully

2

generally

1

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

1

nerve; nerves; sensitivity

3

electric current

1

intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary

1

material; substance; matter

1

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

10

with these words; while saying

8

to move around; to move about; to get around

1

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

4

that is to say; so that means

2