jpdb beta

ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)

1

concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)

2

I see; that's right; indeed

8

certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance

2

anxiety; concern; fear

1

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

3

in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea

1

willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling

1

desire; appetite; lust

3

belief; faith; conviction

2

frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

2

to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up

4

honest; upright; faithful; reliable

1

exception

2

contrastive

2

the very thing; itself

5

particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

7

eccentric

1

to take hold of; to possess; to haunt

2

extremely; exceptionally; extraordinarily; terribly; super

1

eccentric; crank; oddball

4

to envy; to be envious (of); to be jealous (of)

1

from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

1

both parties; both sides

6

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

1

study; research; investigation

4

my; one's own; I ...; one ...

1

to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

1

very; much; greatly; a lot of

2

trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

3

law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

3

dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)

6

sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

1

lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)

1

behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct

1

ethics; morals

1

even

1

to step over or across; to overcome

1

rather than

6

to break by stepping on; to trample; to stomp on; to walk across; to travel on foot

1

meaning; significance

2

himself; he himself

3

testimony; (verbal) evidence

2

(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

6

to employ; to hire; to charter

1

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

1

support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy

1

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

3