jpdb beta

hard-to-overcome obstacle; high hurdle; (lit.) thick wall

1

to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)

2

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

1

shaking; swaying

1

to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve

1

distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin

1

crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness

1

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

1

irritation; annoyance; frustration

1

admiration; wonder; astonishment

2

to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)

1

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

1

quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge

5

to be transparent; to show through

1

amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal

1

annual (plant); first-year student

1

entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning

3

following year

1

half a year; six months

1

honorable certificate; honourable certificate

1

illustrated (with photographs)

1

home area; home town; local

1

to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour

1

now; come (now); well

1

stone; rock; pebble

1

pyramid

1

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

1

protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

1

supporting role (actor); minor role

1

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

2

top; summit; vertex

1

rival; competition

2

to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)

1

on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with

1

the same generation; coeval

1

unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)

1

searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)

1

banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of

1

to be gossiped about

1

awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour

1

with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like

1

to pursue

1

cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

1

even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

1

appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance

3

training; education; development; cultivation

1

ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics

1

criticism; judgement; judgment; comment

2

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

1

aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary

1