jpdb beta

learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

1

mainly; primarily

2

heaven and earth; top and bottom

1

ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)

1

(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation

4

Christianity

2

ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; death

1

conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

3

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

9

to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty

1

Tower of Babel

1

Babel

1

Akkadian (language)

1

gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons

4

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

2

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

1

divine will; providence

1

historic; historical; traditional

1

Greek mythology

2

bronze

1

hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)

1

Perseus

1

Danae

1

Rapunzel

1

confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

2

saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake

1

reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

4

famous; fame

3

United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England

1

Tower of London

1

prison

2

fortress; stronghold; citadel

1

essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)

2

to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate

1

Bastille

1

standing close together; bristling (with)

1

fort; stronghold; fortification

1

in its entirety; whole; wholly

1

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

2

therefore; for that reason; such being the case

2

debt trap; debt hell; being in debt up to one's ears

1

debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money

1

idiomatic expression; idiom; fixed expression

1

Europe

2

general; popular; common; typical

1

to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

1

from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored

2

(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)

1

coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

1