jpdb beta

wire; wire rope

2

because; the reason why is

1

troublemaker

1

Orthros (two-headed dog from Greek mythology)

1

to cut; to slit; to slash

1

uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual

1

white tiger (var. of Bengal tiger); bleached tiger

3

father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)

1

confusion

3

family crest

3

cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...

1

null

1

to interweave

2

Orr

1

corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)

1

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

traces; remnants

1

stone; made of stone

2

to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient

1

ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist

1

remaining heat; waste heat

1

overestimation; overvaluing

1

emotional strength; force of will

1

resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy

2

dry run; rehearsal

1

adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation

1

turning point

1

to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem

1

marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials

1

supplementary explanation

1

fumbling; groping

1

history repeats itself

1

man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; (lit.) herbivore

1

to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care

1

second generation; second; junior

1

three generations; three periods; third generation

2

millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town

1

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

1

stable period (with ref. to pregnancy, typically from 4th month when the placenta is fully formed, morning sickness usually goes away and risk of miscarriage decreases)

1

lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful

1

ethical

1

once you've committed a crime, commit to it; in for a penny, in for a pound; (lit.) if you've eaten poison, (lick) the plate

1

this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)

2

paint; coloring materials; colors; colours

1

stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn

1

to touch; to finger; to play with; (arch.) to tease; (arch.) to make fun of

3

polka dots

1

real time

1

to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

2