jpdb beta

to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure

1

to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it

1

violent conduct; misconduct; dissipation; profligacy; debauchery

1

people; citizens; subjects; folk

1

act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct

1

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

2

stain; blot; flaw; disgrace

1

foul smell

1

power; authority; influence

1

to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear

2

however; nevertheless

5

of little importance; trivial; worthless; valueless

1

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

2

large tree; big tree; huge tree

1

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

1

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

1

to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over

1

unconsciously; without knowing it; unwittingly; unawares

1

earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land

7

to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

1

branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue

1

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

6

being too late; losing one's final chance

1

more than anything; above all else

3

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

3

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

1

to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)

2

tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky

1

feigned ignorance; pretending not to know

2

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

1

else; in addition; besides

1

to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

1

to be the case that

1

district; area; zone; quarter; section; region

2

to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

3

prudent; thoughtful; discreet

1

sigh

1

to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

1

to rack one's brains

1

appeal (e.g. for peace); plea; appeal (of something); attractiveness; appeal (to the referee); emphasizing

1

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

2

last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup

1

to rain incessantly; to downpour

1

to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass

2

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

1

depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

2

capable person; talented person; person with supernatural powers (in fiction); competent person; person with legal capacity

4

to yearn (for); to pine (for); to long (for); to be madly in love (with); to be consumed with love (for)

1

to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

2

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...

1