jpdb beta

sketching; pointillism; stippling

1

motherly; mother-like; maternal; like a mother

1

to pile up; to accumulate

1

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

4

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

6

unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

1

conviction; belief; confidence

2

to pour in (liquids); to pour in (money); to pump in (investment)

1

melee

1

to twist off

1

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

2

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

11

bravery; military prowess; valour; valor

1

classical; classic

1

exaggeration

3

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

10

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

2

when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

1

to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated

1

strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength; force; violence

1

affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders

2

submission to one's wife

1

malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back

1

digression

2

archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language

1

meaning of a word

2

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

6

general term; generic name

2

word; term; language; speech

10

polygyny

1

spacious; vast; wide

4

court lady; lady-in-waiting

3

mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) close female servant

1

to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to decline (e.g. of morals); to be lost; to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)

1

name; title; designation; fame; reputation

3

pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern

1

innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine

3

noun

1

(one's) wife; wife (of a peer or subordinate)

1

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

2

in terms of; from the point of view of

1

origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology

1

to make a pilgrimage

2

innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded

2

strained (argument, interpretation, etc.); farfetched (theory, view, etc.); forced; laboured; twisted (reasoning)

1

haiku poet

5

back (of the body)

4

to misrepresent; to distort; to belie

1

middle period; medium-term

2

to mourn for; to grieve for; to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.); to hold a memorial service for; to hold a funeral service for

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