jpdb beta

meteor swarm; meteor shower

1

imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

1

root; source; origin; cause

1

possession; retention; maintenance

1

root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)

3

unification; centralization; centralisation

1

defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage

1

abuse; misuse; perversion

1

(how) many times; (how) often

2

many people; a large number of people

1

to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with

1

restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

2

nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging

2

person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser

1

moment by moment; hour by hour

1

illogical

1

long slits (esp. of eyes)

2

pointing out; identification

3

reply; response; answer

1

second-rate; inferior

1

expressing oneself without words or gestures; force of personality

1

oratory; eloquence

1

to use up; to squander

1

otherwise; or else; if not

1

being dotted with; being scattered

1

to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work

1

to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

5

spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

3

offensive (movement); aggression

1

inference; deduction; induction; reasoning

1

hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner

1

to not believe one's ears

2

superiority complex; sense of superiority

1

doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious

1

suspicion; jealousy

1

certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts

3

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

2

blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end

2

deadlock; stalemate

1

do-or-die game; crucial contest

2

apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock

1

independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

1

eight; 8

2

to assemble; to set up; to construct

1

checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers

1

to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric

1

insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen

2

rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)

2

monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

1

the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

4