jpdb beta

rostrum; platform

2

to glare at; to scowl at

1

television station

1

radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things

1

that in itself; as such

1

front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)

1

runner-up

1

news of someone's death; obituary

2

to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound

1

one and only; unique

1

to leave this world; to die

1

most of all; extremely; supremely

1

terrible pain; terrible hardship; terrible suffering

1

speech; address

2

leader; magnate; big head

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

1

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

1

ancestor; forefather; foremother

1

conclusion; completion

1

(public) peace; stability; tranquillity

1

ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

1

in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation

1

television camera

1

short bob (haircut)

1

ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

1

uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous

1

violent; rough

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1

for one's age

1

to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off

2

to knead well; to polish; to refine

1

doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)

1

to talk (a person) down; to confute

1

to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of

2

defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation

1

in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances

3

(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact

2

to cultivate; to foster

1

to miss (doing); to fail (to do)

1

to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos

1

branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways

1

televised speech; TV address

2

anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

1

influence; power; might; strength; potency; force

1

guess; speculation; supposition

1

internal strife; infighting; internal conflict

1

declaration of war; proclamation of war

1

newspaper story (article, account)

1

to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate

1

slow; dim

1