jpdb beta

to taste; to try (food or drink)

1

cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry

9

to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

1

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

5

ruin; destruction; fall

2

short life; short lived

2

to pray; to wish

5

to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

1

older sister

1

one's common name; one's popular name; alias; house name

1

this morning

1

cold; short; curt; blunt

2

gulp; gulping

2

fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment

1

captain

1

to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate

1

hey; say; look

1

scolding

1

to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

1

lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)

1

art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance

9

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

1

to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine

1

bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh

1

military adviser; military advisor

1

headquarters

1

spasmodic(ally); fitful

1

cannot suppress one's anger; cannot stomach

1

to pant (while rushing); to gasp; to puff and blow

1

to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

2

(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare

1

important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency

3

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

2

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

2

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

1

henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child

1

being on duty; being on watch; person on duty

9

to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

1

calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance

1

moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)

1

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

2

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

4

evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights

1

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

to exchange

2

substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)

1

armed might; military power; the sword; force

1

to have a relationship; to have relations

1

depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit

2

what; what?; hey!

3