jpdb beta

being apt to; being liable to; being inclined to

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this world; this life; world of the living

2

to despair of; to see the vanity of

1

retirement (from the world); seclusion

2

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

4

to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat

2

hard struggle; strenuous effort

1

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

6

intention; aim; design

2

disgrace; shame; insult

1

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

7

achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service

2

feeble

1

alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically

1

feeble joke; bad pun

1

feeble joke; bad pun

1

to mix; to stir; to blend

1

from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best

7

difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect

3

value; worth; virtue; blessing

1

physique; constitution

2

fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion

1

energy; vigor; vigour; vitality

1

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

2

casting; cast-metal object

2

reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

5

Sinology; study of China or of the Chinese classics

1

tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)

3

study room

3

bedroom

1

to feel ashamed

1

for example; for instance; e.g.

4

although I say; although one might say; although called

3

evangelist

2

to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)

3

torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

1

finally; at last; ultimately; in the end

2

speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression

1

precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

2

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

2

(divine) providence; dispensation

2

hardships; privations; difficulties

9

my; one's own; I ...; one ...

2

try to be; want to be

1

religious conversion

2

tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

12

to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

1

to bestow (esp. of a god); to grant

2

high spirits; boastful talk

1

type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching

2