jpdb beta

arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself

1

bandit; brigand

1

to be helpful; to be useful

1

following blindly; following suit without reflection

1

helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

1

filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid

1

growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

1

a jewel in a dunghill

1

stupid face; foolish look on one's face

1

wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good

2

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

4

transfer of control

1

whispering; private talk; talking (during a class, lecture, etc.)

1

to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on

2

south wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles

1

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

1

side road; shortcut

1

detour; roundabout way

1

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

6

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)

2

vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel

1

to say no more; to sink into silence

1

part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)

2

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

2

wherein; therein; thereinto

1

to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank

1

other people's affairs; someone else's problem

1

not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...

3

to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

1

to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)

1

to face the wrong way; to go in the wrong direction

1

quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely

1

spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed

1

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

1

unanticipated; unexpected

1

at a young age; while still young

1

unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

1

to praise to the skies; to extol

1

to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)

1

something; what; why; how

2

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

2

professor; teaching; instruction

2

indicates emotion or exclamation; hey; you

1

brown coal; lignite

2

charming; bewitching; coquettish

1

ignorance; innocence; stupidity

1

uneducated; ignorant; illiterate; arhat; person who has attained nirvana

1

department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family

1

action; behavior; behaviour; (arch.) recommendation (of a person for a position)

1