jpdb beta

wild beast; wild animal; brute

1

hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

1

strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit

1

to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous

1

dummy

1

be; is

1

dangerous; risky

1

making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold

1

self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

5

hybrid

1

manufactured goods; finished goods; product

1

to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)

1

sales promotion; hard selling

1

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

1

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

3

noon; midday

1

awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour

1

to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree

1

diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)

1

outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs

1

to knock together; to strike against each other; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance)

3

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

1

flint; firestone

1

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

2

education; culture

1

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

1

and yet; though; when; in spite of

2

warding off evil; protecting against misfortune

1

striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc.; purification ceremony in which sparks are struck in the direction of someone (oft. for good luck)

1

present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

1

to be superstitious; to believe in omens

1

domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country

1

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

8

elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge

1

to become dim; to become blurred

1

focus (e.g. photographic); focal point

4

sunlight; rays of the Sun

1

to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes

1

warm; mild; genial

1

unbelievable; incredible; implausible

1

many times

4

to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)

3

to be smashed up

1

roof

5

to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

1

collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline

2

storage; preservation

1

smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell

1

state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle

1

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

2