jpdb beta

base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low

3

nonconformist; dissenter; maverick; enfant terrible

2

to inform; to notify; to know; to reign

2

to be consistent; to be coherent

1

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

5

threatening voice; threatening tone

2

awfully; terribly

3

attitude to life; form of existence; way of life

1

forevermore; for eternity

2

to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated

2

arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition

2

unless one ...; if one does not ...

1

being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

2

monolith; large slab of rock

2

(Roman) senate

16

though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

4

collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally

4

all worldly phenomena; meritorious acts leading to enlightenment; (Jodo school) all practices other than recitation of the nembutsu prayer

1

to be intolerable; to be unpardonable

1

simply put

1

madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits

1

temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent

3

generic; general purpose; all-purpose

1

major subject; special study

1

to take a class

1

young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice

1

female teacher

2

to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

2

half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer

1

curious; strange; unusual

1

limitation; restriction; condition; constraints

1

to follow around

1

to build up; to establish (one's reputation)

3

fixed idea; idée fixe; stereotype; prejudice

4

to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)

7

to sit on a seat

1

idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon

2

hearsay

1

to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other

3

same group; same gang

1

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

3

it hasn't been long since

1

grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments

1

Japanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana)

1

stature; body height

1

lacking in some desired property (size, usefulness, etc.)

1

comfort

3

Don (Spanish honorific)

1

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

5

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

4