jpdb beta

(with a) start; fright; alarm; creaking; cracking; snapping

1

difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying

1

renting a room

1

to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate

1

from the beginning

1

person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head

5

clearheadedness; sharpness of mind

1

developer

2

ongoing; in progress; afoot

1

best; greatest; first

1

slow; lagging; tardy

1

marble; glass marble

1

summer vacation; summer holiday

1

sectionalism

1

to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled

1

torture

1

politics of fear; terrorism; reign of terror (esp. in the French revolution)

1

gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)

1

vanity

1

(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness

1

virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit

1

lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk

1

diversity; variety

1

brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot

2

at the same time in different places

1

to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath

1

shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low

1

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

1

with a fixed time; with a deadline

1

to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name

1

rehabilitation

1

to beat time; to mark time

1

infuriating; extremely irritating; galling; vexing

1

rivalry (between two irreconcilable forces); conflict; strife; mutual overcoming cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes metal, metal overcomes wood); excessive destructive cycle

1

to fight with each other; to fight amongst yourselves

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

2

to accept someone's challenge; to take up the gauntlet

1

to be reduced to tears; to end up crying (e.g. after humiliation)

1

departure

1

rainbow

1

sense of duty (obligation)

4

degeneration; retrogression; atrophy; regression (e.g. of society); deterioration; degeneration

1

grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

2

hazardous materials; dangerous goods; explosives; combustibles

1

inaccurate; incorrect; inexact; imprecise

1

to be careful; to take the utmost care

1

to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about

1

forgetting; lapse of memory

1

persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story

1

revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration

2