jpdb beta

(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid

1

to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)

1

head of a state

1

in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever

1

emergency evacuation

2

commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)

1

(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)

2

quick change; quick transformation; metamorphosis; turning suddenly into

1

what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!

1

slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble

2

carelessly; inattentively

1

design

2

ultra-luxurious; lavish

2

air of luxury; high class feel

1

price; cost

1

insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task

1

to be palatable; to suit one's taste

2

to become better; to improve

1

illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

1

good-bye; farewell

2

weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health

1

constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up

1

estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately

1

excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)

1

ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large

1

even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on

1

to be imaginable; to be conceivable

1

to be common

1

cycle; period

1

change; fluctuation

1

elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter

47

project

1

to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

1

fabrication; pipe dream

1

medical technology

1

hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)

1

800; eight hundred; multitude; large number

4

stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn

6

taking care of oneself (esp. used as an epistolary imperative); self-love

1

in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing

1

serious illness; dangerous disease

1

spiritualism; spiritism

16

festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

15

go home; get out

1

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

1

allegory; fable; parable

1

father

4

son; penis

4

to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)

1

to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after

2