jpdb beta

serving customers; looking after visitors; reception

3

diligent; industrious

1

plan; policy

3

to neglect; to let alone

1

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

1

to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel

1

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

1

pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern

1

going to the hospital for regular treatment

1

village; hamlet; settlement

3

in proportion (to)

1

to make oneself known to the public; to become popular; to gain influence

1

judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review

1

to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

1

contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message

1

one-way mirror; two-way mirror

4

leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)

1

seeing; looking at

1

quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

3

call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question

1

aptitude; aptness; suitability

1

to use all one's strength (ability)

2

to peddle (goods); to hawk

1

poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want

1

to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

1

bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency

1

bankruptcy; insolvency

1

spotlight; public eye; public's attention; goldfish bowl

1

to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press

1

to underrate; to make light of

1

present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade

1

(dead) body; corpse

2

to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing

1

a few minutes later; after a few minutes

1

each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn

2

this one

3

older; senior

1

rear

206

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

2

counter for bundles

1

trachea

2

success story

1

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

3

helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

1

buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking

1

ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker

2

interview (e.g. for a job)

1

hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous

2

small teapot

1

being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly

1