jpdb beta

to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)

2

first day; opening day

5

continuation; succession; series; continuous

2

to defy conventional wisdom

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

1

nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion

2

minutes (period of)

1

to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

2

to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

1

dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity

3

particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest

1

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

1

excuse; explanation

1

to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up

1

very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling

1

strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

1

pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission

2

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

2

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

1

plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full

1

miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

1

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

3

to lose heart; to lose interest; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose focus; to let one's guard down

1

slack; looseness; play

1

to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

1

to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind

2

to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard

1

silence (not speaking); muteness

1

powerful; strong; mighty

1

breath; breathing; bracelet

3

flash (of light); glint; schiller

2

valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon

2

powerful; strong

5

spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal

2

to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay

1

performance (e.g. music, dance, drama); something done (just) for show; theatre; performance (of a computer, car, investment, etc.)

1

no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

1

without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)

1

it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written

1

myth; mythology

4

little by little; bit by bit

2

to bear; to endure

2

leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level

2

elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding

1

damage

1

simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping

1

be; is

1

to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other

1

easy-to-understand

5

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

1