jpdb beta

to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

3

speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one

3

younger scholar; future reference

1

service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

1

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

6

power; might; authority; influence

2

ridiculously expensive; stupidly expensive

1

at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)

3

startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch

4

to collect; to assemble; to gather

10

with a bang

1

unexpected

1

consideration; thought

1

to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear

5

thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan

6

relatively; comparatively

1

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

3

punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code

1

approval rating

1

going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)

1

to snatch (at); to grab

1

to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

6

light; easy; non-serious; minor

1

to fling (away); to hurl

2

a few minutes later; after a few minutes

1

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

3

frown; scowl; grimace

2

the world; the earth; this world (as opposed to heaven)

1

shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream

2

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

3

task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work

2

to finish; to graduate

8

well done; good job

1

clapping hands; applause

4

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

3

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

4

to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress

1

to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of

2

ventriloquism

1

special skill

1

announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

1

living idly

1

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

3

speech; address

1

to give directions; to issue instructions

3

from now on; hereafter

8

a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)

1

evasion; avoidance

2

exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous

2