jpdb beta

to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse

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stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

2

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

1

amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities

1

to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)

1

to harm; to cause harm to

1

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

1

tension; strain

1

filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents

1

to shrug one's shoulders

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to cross one's legs

1

whichever one chooses; either way

1

high-pitched; shrill

1

to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

2

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

1

white light; corona

3

to fly around; to scatter

2

combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim

1

lawn; grass

1

to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear

1

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

2

to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted

1

the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

5

root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence

2

decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay

1

body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)

1

to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

2

disorder; chaos; confusion

1

spirit world; underworld; the next world

1

bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible

1

wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point

1

death; mortality; to die; to pass away

1

we; us; I; me

1

handyman; utility man; odd-job man

1

dirty work; unpleasant task

2

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

2

in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability

1

abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

2

to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in

1

protective wall; bulwark

2

disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray

1

book; publication

2

writing materials

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use; service; purpose

1

utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus

3

large; large-sized; large-scale; big

2

desktop personal computer

1

wiring

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maze; labyrinth; inner ear

2

enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier

2