jpdb beta

centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

1

Southeast Asia

1

interest; rights; concession

1

avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)

1

to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily

1

huge fortune

1

to build up; to establish (one's reputation)

1

still; even now

1

retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)

1

to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)

1

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

1

long way; great distance

1

from afar; over a great distance; all the way

1

sickroom; hospital room; ward

11

leaving; accepting

1

person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power

1

privilege; special right

1

to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off

1

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

1

strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness

1

obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

1

revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

1

to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint

1

doll; puppet; figure

1

dance

1

to revere; to respect; to worship

1

to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully

1

active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

2

can be easily guessed

1

treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection

1

to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver

1

to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise

1

unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

1

critical condition; being on the verge of death

3

small change; coins; small sum of money

1

huge mound; heap; pile

1

cabinet ministers

6

stroboscope; strobe lamp; stroboscopic lamp; (camera) flash

1

police station

1

network

1

breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing

3

jostle; struggle; scuffle

1

loudspeaker

1

to yell; to shout

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

1

one ear

3

to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

3

direct fire; frontal fire; direct rays (of sunlight)

1

to cover one's face

1

to dodge; to evade

1