jpdb beta

famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)

3

each place; various places

1

relation; connection; affinity

1

every hour; hourly

1

each; every

1

to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

1

measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)

1

considerably; greatly; a lot

1

pure; sheer

1

influence (on someone); inspiration

1

to collect information; to gather knowledge

1

to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon

2

the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)

1

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

2

wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly

1

explanation (by lecture)

2

radical; acute; sharp

1

in that way; like that

1

coachman; driver; cabman; postilion

1

cabinetwork; joinery; hair ornament; hairpin; (arch.) colours; (arch.) banner

1

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

3

stone dealer

1

to know thoroughly

1

induction; inductive reasoning

1

simile

1

distinction

1

vulgar; coarse; low

2

balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp

1

erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary

2

nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents

1

altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced

1

while alive; during one's lifetime

1

unruly horse; unmanageable horse; unbroken horse

1

ground; earth's surface

3

gentle; quiet; demure; sober; mild-mannered; meek

1

to face on; to look out on to

1

hawk; falcon

3

high in the sky

1

swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy

2

grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly

3

port city; harbor city; harbour city

1

fortunately; luckily; thankfully

1

to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

1

bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)

1

motive power; driving force

1

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

2

the heavens

2

obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

1

to temper thoroughly; to train well

1

humanism

1