jpdb beta

candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)

2

to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken

1

creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction

3

to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain

2

uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

1

management; administration; operation

4

definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness

35

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

11

way of reciting; way of telling a story

2

to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

9

zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour

6

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

26

Confucianism; Confucianist; Chinese scholar

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

1

to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess

3

boycott

1

choral chanting; chanting in chorus (e.g. at a demonstration)

1

campfire

2

fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor

2

leaping flames; flying sparks; spread of fire (due to leaping flames); repercussions in unanticipated areas; spilling over; impetigo contagiosa

1

on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

10

fire; conflagration

2

mere; only; just; slight

19

small fire

1

fire; flame; blaze

37

fire engine; fire truck

1

water (hydraulic) pressure

1

partial destruction

1

to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten

3

destruction; disruption; (application) crash

7

how; in what way; by what means

13

justification; warrant

2

to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

2

criminal act

1

magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

2

police; police officer; police station

12

intervention

1

(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning

1

target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)

5

in name; on paper

1

expulsion (from school)

1

by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat

1

pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask

1

(plain) hot water; boiled water

1

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

12

cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible

2

is there anything else?

2

simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie

1

surrounding at a distance

2

to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly

1