jpdb beta

electron; electronic

13

to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with

5

veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; rich in experience

1

to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder

1

grounds; premises

1

inertia

1

economical; efficient; lean; compact

1

pomegranate (Punica granatum)

1

wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I

2

conquering the devil

1

sharp sword

1

to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear

1

aka-e; late 19th century woodblock prints, using imported aniline dyes; red painting on ceramics

1

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

3

below

1

to pick up and rescue

1

to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)

1

scion; cion; (horticultural) graft; opportunity to continue a conversation

1

relation; connection

2

planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up

3

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

5

distant look; faraway look

1

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

2

each other; one another

3

cunning; crafty; wily; sly

1

scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick

1

to succeed; to bear fruit

2

to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine

1

to bail out (water); to dip out; to ladle out; to start drawing (water)

1

to speak; to say; to vocalize

1

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

3

person making threats; intimidator

1

to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

1

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

6

to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant

1

internal strife; infighting; internal conflict

1

detailed and accurate; exhaustive and precise; meticulous; finely detailed

5

shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo); cornetfish

1

silver nitrate; AgNO3

2

solution (liquid)

1

crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult

6

gurgling; burbling; bubbling; sound of water mixing with air (e.g. water welling up, pouring water, drain pipe, gushing forth)

3

to pretend; to feign

2

cut; notch; incision

1

underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap

1

to complain; to lodge a complaint

3

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat

4

to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way

1

face of a dead person

1

riding fast; driving a horse fast

1