jpdb beta

missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism

1

counter for places

1

to build; to construct

1

clergyman; churchman; clergy

1

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

11

gold and silver; money

1

to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with

7

phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

3

hometown; rural township (of China)

3

search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation

3

home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

6

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

3

reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation

6

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

24

small scale

3

to go broke

1

(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand

1

period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture

3

servant; employee

1

(one) flag

1

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

1

religious; spiritual

1

heresy

4

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

22

to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

18

to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

1

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

5

strong; intense; severe

9

labor; labour; exertion; diligent service

1

courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness

2

haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing

5

faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness

1

optimism; taking an optimistic view

1

to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)

1

avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)

1

(living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistence

1

to drift (to); to be washed ashore

1

this place; here

2

store; reserve; stock; savings

1

easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going

4

robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion

1

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

2

hostage

1

state; country; nation

13

armed forces; military; troops

1

of little importance; trivial; worthless; valueless

1

group; mass

27

brazenly; unabashedly

1

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

6

having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension

1