jpdb beta

eccentric

1

to have meaning; to be meaningful

4

motive; incentive; motif

11

as if; as though

8

central part; heart (of a city)

1

should do; ought to do; must do

2

leading part; leading actor; leading actress

1

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

5

proposal; proposition; suggestion

1

certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts

3

personal; individual; private

5

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

4

attentive; cautious; careful; watchful

2

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

2

association (e.g. of two concepts)

1

passage in a discourse; one section; one scene

1

psychological; mental

2

logical

2

trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

4

without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

6

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

1

even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still

1

word; remark; statement

2

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

2

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call

1

scrutiny; digging into; excavation; inquiry into; enquiry into; prying

1

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

1

password; watchword; motto; slogan

5

making a fuss; Much Ado about Nothing (Shakespeare)

1

sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful

1

flippant; saucy; know-all

1

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

1

to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

1

no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

1

thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned

1

huge; gigantic; enormous

1

critical; judgmental

13

grasp; catch; understanding

1

cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless

1

accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency

1

after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after

9

resistance against Japanese aggression; anti-Japanese (campaign, movement, etc.)

5

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

4

place; room; margin; scope

3

student movement

2

trend; tendency; momentum

1

anti-Japanese resistance movement (in pre-WWII China); anti-Japanese campaign

1

capital ties

1

in the event that it did not (or does not) exist; without

1

decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out

2