jpdb beta

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

2

lenient; gentle

2

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

6

both armies; both teams; both sides

1

cane; walking stick; staff; wand

1

ji (ancient Chinese halberd)

3

drama; play; powerful drug

3

he; she; that guy

1

setting a drill bit

4

quiet place; vacant land; fallow ground; undemanding job; sinecure; life of leisurely retirement

1

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

4

object; body; solid

3

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

17

obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability

5

small; little; few

12

antiquity; ancient times

5

difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect

1

easy; plain; simple

2

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

2

difficult; hard

1

before long; even now

4

big problem

1

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

1

orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration

2

to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

5

wild beast; wild animal; brute

2

field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

4

uninhabited region

1

one swift effort; rush through one's work; fast-talking, writing, etc.

1

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

6

Afghan; Afghanistan; afghan (blanket, shawl)

2

Manchuria

1

to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

3

north gate

1

key; lock; key (to a problem); clue

1

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

4

black dragon

3

love

1

(on the) bank of a large river

2

(naval) fleet; armada

1

to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind

1

white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person

2

eagle (Accipitridae family)

2

beginning of autumn; seventh month of the lunar calendar

1

flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)

3

shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)

1

han; fan; unit that doubles the score of a hand

3

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

2

twenty-five

1

the last days; the final years; the last generation

1