jpdb beta

seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

2

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

5

ignorance; innocence; stupidity

1

haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing

1

beyond saving

1

Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny

3

naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting

1

to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up

1

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

8

to hesitate to say

1

to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff

7

calendar; almanac

1

hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle

1

to pass; to go past

1

for example; for instance; e.g.

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

2

to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle

1

to fly away; to flee away; to scatter

1

bhava (becoming, existence)

3

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

1

the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance

2

altogether; entirely

2

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

2

remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue

1

all creation; all nature; all the universe

1

to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish

1

to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about

1

pebble

3

to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

1

to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth

1

anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z

1

repair; mending; fixing; servicing

1

appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right

1

to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)

4

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

1

in a hurry; hastily; in feverish haste

1

bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

1

to dry until stiff

1

to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile

1

to improve one's skill

1

noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

3

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

4

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

1

to hold one's tongue; to shut up

2

unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain

1

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

1

after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually

1

bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden

1

inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)

2

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

3