jpdb beta

roots

1

with a bump; with a clunk

2

grim stare; stern look

1

to wait and see; to see how the land lies

1

finding oneself; self-discovery; journey of self-discovery; search for self

1

stranger; outsider

1

trial; test

1

to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

1

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

1

sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling

1

lushly green; verdant

1

remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)

1

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

2

reproduction; duplication; reprinting

6

manufacturing facility

2

experiment

8

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

1

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

1

to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

3

birth

1

will not do; do not; does not

1

great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

1

(suffering) damage; injury; harm

4

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

1

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

2

discovery; detection; finding

4

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

1

dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled

1

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

5

I; me

1

gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

1

integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis

8

government; administration

2

No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden

1

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

1

regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction

1

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

1

tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story

1

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

2

fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress

1

haunted house

1

atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere

2

bullet hole; bullet mark

1

burn mark; grilled surface (e.g. on a steak)

1

here and there; in places

1

to blacken; to darken

1

bloodshed

1

rear garden; back yard

1

cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence

1

lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly

1