jpdb beta

degeneration; retrogression

3

single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

1

perpetual motion machine; perpetual motion engine; perpetuum mobile

3

food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement

2

breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction

3

source of nutrients

3

colony

1

jellyfish; medusa

1

precision; accuracy

5

thumb-marked; well-used; well-thumbed; worn-out (e.g. joke); stale; hackneyed

1

sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence

5

extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out

3

fetus; foetus; embryo; unborn child

9

long life; longevity

2

worthlessness

2

rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)

1

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

5

preference; priority; precedence

20

proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge

5

observer

2

eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant

4

personification; impersonation; embodiment

2

to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear

2

workshop; studio; atelier

3

heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam

3

technological innovation

1

experiment

3

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

6

wandering; rambling; roaming

1

New Year

2

remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)

2

brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot

2

request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance

1

northern sea; North Sea; Hokkaido

1

to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes

1

anecdote

1

to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show

1

professor; teaching; instruction

3

ancient time; age of the gods

2

by (means of); with

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

1

many; a lot; much; multitude

3

caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution

3

occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture

1

gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)

3

cast net; casting net

1

spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb

3

to be entwined; to be involved

2

capture; seizure

1

miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

6