jpdb beta

malfunction; failure

2

policeman's rope

2

exhibition room (e.g. museum); showroom (for goods)

1

arrest; apprehension; capture

1

to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out

3

to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan

2

adjustment; touch up

3

next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor

1

control room; control booth

11

attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness

8

courtyard; quadrangle; middle court

20

siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

6

danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

11

deceiving; cheating; fooling

6

feel (of a material); texture

1

recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement

1

duct

9

force (bulldoze) one's way through

3

adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with

3

one and only; unique

2

the whole world; throughout heaven and earth

1

self-conceit; self-centeredness; vainglory

1

to extol; to give praise

1

appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel

1

step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)

2

to force one's way through

1

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

2

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

1

spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)

1

lounge

9

to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

2

to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge

4

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

2

presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...

1

rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil

4

to burn off

1

frame (e.g. picture frame, decorative door frame, etc.)

3

insight; power of observation

6

to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of

2

to sniff out; to get wind of

1

imitation; fake; sham

2

to compare with the eye

2

exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral

1

reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries

4

to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)

4

power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply

1

to run out (e.g. of the room)

1

illumination; lighting

3

several seconds

1

unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved

1