jpdb beta

to find fault with; to question

3

to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

5

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

3

round table

5

taking a seat

2

to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

3

to bear; to shoulder

1

rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite

1

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

4

mantle; cloak; manteau

3

to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with

4

having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism

1

skill; dexterity; master hand

3

key; lock; key (to a problem); clue

1

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

3

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

9

thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue

2

something like ...; something called ...

1

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

3

mixed; mingled

1

thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)

8

to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely

2

that kind; competition; match

2

old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self

1

Gilchrist

3

reverberation; echo

1

to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees

1

hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation

1

indicates means of action; cause of effect; by

7

you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you

3

tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil

1

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

1

to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time

1

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

7

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

1

tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces

1

still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

7

severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

1

punishment; penalty

1

to be tired of hearing

1

having been told something so often that one is fed up with it

2

questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)

1

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

8

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

2

lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap

4

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

6

hesitation; indecision

3

to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

7

unnecessary; unneeded

1

to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except

8