jpdb beta

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

5

spacious; vast; wide

1

library (usu. single-room); small library

2

matter to be checked or investigated

1

to waste time; to kill time

1

to fall prostrate

1

to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

1

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

1

single word; a few words; brief comment

1

to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

1

to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration

1

book; volume; this; present; main; head

20

mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)

1

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

3

to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing

1

first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

3

book; literary work

1

science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits

1

materials; data; document

1

relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

1

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

2

report; paper; reportage

2

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

1

shelf; ledge; rack; trellis

6

closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently

1

collection of books; (personal) library

1

to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay

2

to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

1

wherein; therein; thereinto

1

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

2

punishment; penalty

2

Russia

1

literature

2

most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece

1

occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

1

this sort of

1

high; noble; refined; advanced

1

literary work

1

hardcover; hardback

1

title lettering

1

sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

2

page

8

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

1

last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)

1

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

1

printing; typing; printed character; typed character; character(s) carved onto a seal

1

first and second volume (e.g. of a book); volume one and volume two; book one and book two

1

not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned

1

bulky; massive; thick; heavy

3

turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

1