jpdb beta

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo

4

education; training; discipline

1

to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain

2

sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)

1

etiquette; good manners

1

business card

3

pattern paper (for dressmaking)

1

will; testament

2

reminder

1

amen; hail

4

Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

3

Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person

4

sutra

1

here and there; in places

1

to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

2

foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

1

to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)

1

to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

2

substitution cipher

1

letter (of alphabet); character; writing

3

code; password; cipher

3

two days later; day after next; next day but one

2

patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master

1

tee-hee

2

depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit

1

(talk of a) moneymaking scheme; moneymaking idea; get-rich-quick proposal

1

vice-admiral

1

development; exploitation

13

form; method; system; formula

2

won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

8

(all) together

3

to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes

1

the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate

3

personal history; career

1

phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

1

shipbuilding

3

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

2

company; corporation; workplace

1

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

6

enterprise; business; company; corporation

1

consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care

1

double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid

1

cheating (on an examination); cribbing

1

background

1

guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

2

to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)

3

furthermore; even more

6

plural; multiple; several

1

reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind

1

1,000,000; one million; million; many

2