jpdb beta

ji (ancient Chinese halberd)

3

completely unknown (usu. of people); unfamiliar; complete (stranger)

1

exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting

1

agency; intermediation

1

(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)

1

trivial matter

1

to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower

2

meaning; called; said

1

great speed; extreme speed; swiftness

1

potential; latent faculties; potential capacities

1

(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty

1

sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting

1

steel tower; electricity pylon; transmission tower

2

mucus; mucilage; viscous liquid; phlegm

1

(building) stone

1

lumber; timber; wood

1

main; principal; chief; primary; major

1

restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization

1

aggregate amount

1

to seal up

3

to watch for an unguarded moment

1

child

2

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

1

it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...

1

lama

1

(manufacturing) industry

1

to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

1

(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture

1

affection (esp. parental); love; fondness

1

person of doubtful origin

1

to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage

1

to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind

1

trimming

1

(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

1

to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from

1

context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances

1

to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint

2

to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK

1

other people's affairs; somebody else's problem

1

a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone

1

talking in delirium; incoherent muttering

1

with one's own hands

2

means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty

1

to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out; to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from; to scold; to criticize severely; to train ruthlessly

1

to use up; to squander

1

possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control

1

starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point

1

dreams; fantasy; visions

1

(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush

1

grafting

1