jpdb beta

to ponder; to brood

3

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

1

astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful

1

impossible; unlikely; improbable

4

activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role

1

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

13

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

1

small fraction; small proportion

1

expertise; special knowledge; technical knowledge; expert knowledge

1

twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

5

article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though

3

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

3

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

4

professional

1

from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely

1

in succession; one by one

4

being rampant; domination

1

reigning; controlling; dictating

1

science

5

to serve; to work for; to attend

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

1

to try and do something; to attempt to do something

2

vassal state; vassal nation; dependency

1

windfall; piece of good luck

2

as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

2

wariness

1

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

2

usual state of things

1

impossible

3

life span

2

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

1

hundreds

2

clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent

1

normalcy; normality; normal

1

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

3

wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings

5

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

3

professional job; profession

1

technical (e.g. discussion); exclusive; professional

1

knowledge; information

2

the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique

2

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

3

no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

3

human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure)

2

scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)

2

to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together

2

dominant; ruling

1

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

2

to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter); to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality); to take part (in some work); to hang about

1

society; public; community; social studies

1