jpdb beta

legend; folklore; tradition

4

silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling

1

fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification

25

defeat; loss; reverse; setback

1

... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...

1

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

1

history

2

1,000; one thousand

1

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

3

thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time

1

castle

2

scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning

1

general situation; general trend; general tendency; large majority (of a group, faction, etc.); majority group

1

to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)

1

one's personal opinion

1

in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)

4

to spread its roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.); to put down roots; to settle down (in a place)

1

(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees

4

to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

1

age of a tree

1

religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity

1

dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue

1

development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life

1

still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

1

one's own country

1

research team; investigative team; survey team; reconnaissance team; investigative commission; fact-finding party

1

firm; determined; resolute; conclusive

1

refusal; rejection; denial; veto

1

impregnable

1

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

1

to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across

6

attack; offence; top (dominant partner of a homosexual relationship); barrage (of); flood (of)

1

mountain chain; mountains

6

the farthest ends; the furthest ends

1

southwest

1

coast; shore; coastal waters; inshore waters; coastal area

1

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

1

mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district

1

to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl

1

greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable

1

messenger; envoy; emissary

1

arrangement; pact; agreement

2

to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

1

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

2

castle siege

3

war; battle; match; game; competition

1

(already) known; established

1

to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)

1

to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back

1