jpdb beta

to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy

1

to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

2

to become vulgar; to coarsen

1

one's real father; natural father; biological father

2

check; restraint; oppression; repression

2

to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin

3

unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident

3

to continue to rain or snow

1

to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

1

discipline; training; teaching manners

1

child consultation center; children's welfare center

3

child welfare

1

engine; agency; organisation; system; facility

1

drunken frenzy; drunken violence; person who is prone to violence when drunk

1

to become like a different person; to have a change in personality

1

to resort to violence; to behave violently; to use force

1

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

1

orphanage; children's home

1

irritation; annoyance; frustration

4

short (of a person)

1

to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious

1

root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base

2

one's whole heart; everything one feels

1

hating; strongly disliking

1

to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

3

to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)

1

to grow old; to age

1

tendency; trend; inclination

1

always; all the time

2

precious; valuable

1

stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause

1

not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage

2

sequel; later development

9

tablet; pill; tablet; tablet computer; tablet; (inscribed) slab

1

clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion

1

fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (voice); fluent (speech); eloquent

1

to offer flowers (e.g. at grave); to leave flowers

1

sanctions; punishment

1

be; is

1

lie; fib; falsehood; untruth

1

in front of a grave

1

attitude to life; form of existence; way of life

1

to crouch; to squat; to cower

5

(length of one's) step; stride; pace

1

first day of summer (approx. May 6)

1

years later

4

alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion

2

pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation

17

premature baby

2

unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled

2