jpdb beta

safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

1

lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation

1

old woman

3

once more; again

6

minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole

1

recompense; indemnity; atonement

1

written request; request for ...; application for ...

1

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

2

personal security; personal protection; provision of a bodyguard

1

to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish

2

distant seas

2

to be overawed; to be overwhelmed; to be overcome; to be intimidated; to be daunted

2

defense; defence; protection

1

number of persons; personnel

1

remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted

3

so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent

4

else; in addition; besides

7

to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire

1

one's duty; one's part

1

to do one's best; to put forth every effort

1

to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down

3

talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting

4

valley; ravine; cleavage (of breasts); part or place that has been left behind; blind spot

1

commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)

1

to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)

5

procedure; process; proceedings; formalities

1

charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage

1

wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency

8

to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

3

hey!; say!; I say!; I; me

2

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

4

less than; under; below

2

whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

9

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

5

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

3

acting; performance

12

passing mark

1

stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

1

moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key

3

though; even if; whether ... or ...

1

insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

4

book; volume; this; present; main; head; real

5

expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose

8

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

4

sixteen; 16

2

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

5

angle of elevation

1

once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone

4

bank; coast; shore

2

magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio

3