jpdb beta

teaching the basics; initiation; introduction

1

to be expensive

1

on the occasion of; at the time of

2

exhibition; display

1

dirt cheap; very cheap

1

work of art

5

still life (painting, drawing)

1

colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in

1

master painter; artist

1

nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable

1

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

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guard; security (officer); guardsman

5

treasure hunting; treasure hunt; lucky dip; game involving finding hidden prizes from a sand box, barrel of leaves, etc.

2

loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal

4

wavy line

1

to shake one's head (in denial)

3

baton

2

visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call

1

getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)

1

snap (e.g. of the wrist in baseball); snapshot (esp. of people); snap fastener; press stud

1

coin; hard currency

3

swoon; faint

3

imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry

1

altogether; entirely

3

spare time; free time; leisure time

3

false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended

1

loot; plunder; booty

3

poem

2

nodding off (while sitting); dozing

1

guard (soldier)

1

death; mortality; to die; to pass away

2

invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain

2

unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive

2

to make a lasting impression

1

revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration

3

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

2

guess; conjecture; surmise

1

since then; from that time; ever since

2

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

129

to be doing; to be in the process of doing

1

to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all

1

great mountain; large mountain

1

to ease up the speed

1

internal conditions; true state of affairs

3

to acquire knowledge

3

to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch

4

present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade

3

regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction

3

inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to

1

paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living

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