jpdb beta

puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)

2

recitation; reciting from memory

1

addition

1

subtraction

1

beginning; start; outset

1

(one) letter; (one) character

1

to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory

3

strange custom

1

something or other; one thing or another; this or that

2

to soothe and humor (humour); to coax

1

(feeling of) hunger

1

to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off

2

abundant harvest; bumper crop

1

complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious

1

appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event

1

patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering

1

random; random sampling

1

little house; my humble home; snail shell

1

discrimination; discernment; identification

1

symbol; code; sign; notation

2

convention; tired tradition; old custom

1

high; noble; refined; advanced

1

consists of; comprises; is made up of

2

making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)

1

investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)

3

archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language

1

resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy

1

common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)

1

translation; deciphering; decoding; translation

7

landslide; landslip

1

ornamentation; embellishment; decoration; modification; qualification

1

dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)

1

landscape painting

1

sketch

2

methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it

1

to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to remove; to exclude; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group

2

self-denial

1

to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun

1

announcement; notice

1

written invitation

1

balance; equilibrium

2

how kind of you; that's very nice of you; kindly

1

payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner

1

cession (of territory)

1

lavish; profuse

1

deposit; earnest money

1

foresight; foreknowledge; divination

1

fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends

1

hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build

3

limited; limiting; restrictive

1