jpdb beta

windings; meanderings; complications; twists and turns

1

brilliant; resplendent

1

gradation; gradient

1

to report to the Emperor; to play (musical instrument); to accomplish

4

feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction

2

approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

1

to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

3

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

5

to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)

1

difference; disparity; gap

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

3

mixture; impurities

2

if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like

2

very hungry; starving; ravenous

1

to become hungry

2

to imitate; to follow; to emulate

1

agreement; stipulation; contract

2

decision; agreement

1

anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

12

lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

5

to get late; to advance; to wear on

1

in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)

1

how long?; till when?

5

to bail out (water); to dip out; to ladle out; to start drawing (water)

1

to consume greedily

3

sobbing; weeping

1

to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)

1

collected item; artifact (in museum, etc.)

1

unexpected (joy, success, etc.); unanticipated; beyond what one hoped; beyond one's expectations

2

cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry

1

wine

2

shaking; swaying

2

heartrending; pitiful; saddening; pathetic; heart-breaking

3

taste; palate; sense of taste

1

rough deposits; rough surface; roughness

2

skyrocketing (prices)

1

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

2

to scoop; to ladle out

2

kiss

1

secretion

2

to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)

1

to stare at each other; to lock eyes with

2

to hesitate to say

1

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

1

frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health

1

tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

5

operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking

1

smelly; stinky

1

to be boisterously noisy

1

breaking off; snapping off

3