jpdb beta

roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly

1

invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable

1

residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

3

to take (a person) unawares; to make a surprise attack

1

sculpture; carved statue; graven image

1

ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area

2

device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement

2

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

5

wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond

5

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

3

to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt

1

to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)

1

to weaken

1

to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

10

to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

1

to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

1

to refuse; to decline; to deny

1

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

2

the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

2

in very small pieces

1

crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

2

understanding; comprehension

1

cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...

1

obstinate person; stubbornness; pigheadedness; hard head (like a rock)

2

grandiose; exaggerated

2

child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot

10

to speak frankly; to put things bluntly

1

actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

1

ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)

1

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

3

abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping

1

means; is; as for

3

position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view

1

perhaps; probably; generous; many; much

3

to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down

1

expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately

3

to send back

1

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

1

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

1

to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

13

(police) detective; criminal matter

1

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

2

to improve one's skill (esp. at calligraphy or drinking larger amounts of alcohol)

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy

2

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

2

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

2

hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)

1

loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal

3

to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear

2

body; body blow (in boxing)

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