jpdb beta

greenhouse; icehouse; cellar

1

bureau director; office chief

5

bell (often globular)

2

not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless

4

subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task

1

introduction; preface

1

abstract (e.g. art, music); abstract art; abstract (e.g. of a paper); summary

2

main subject; main issue; main discourse; this subject

3

form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode

1

kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself

1

cheating

1

to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten

2

to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)

1

outline; summary; argument

1

(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability

1

successive jobs; consecutive jobs

1

life form; life-form

6

to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with

1

ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics

8

to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)

1

wishful thinking

3

to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard

5

surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous

2

progress; advance; improvement; development

5

excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance

2

standing in each other's way; holding each other back; getting in the way of each other's success; hindering each other's progress

1

to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official

2

dividing into parts

2

handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvring

1

being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent; walking sideways; staggering; striding

2

combination; union; bond; join (in relational algebra)

2

strength; power; proficiency; ability

1

to weaken

1

deceleration

1

downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

1

Tower of Babel

1

(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague

2

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

3

to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)

2

sociality

1

ethical

2

views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect

1

flight; desertion; escape

1

dictatorship

1

monopole; singular pole; unipole

1

territory

1

form; shape; figure; morph

3

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

1

peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly

1

policy making

2