jpdb beta

square; rectangular

1

to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

2

zooming in; close-up

2

rush; flood; deluge

1

group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude

1

crime; criminal act; offence; offense

1

to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast

4

new; fresh; novel

3

stage assistant dressed in black; stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller

1

clergyman; churchman; clergy

2

tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba

2

to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away

1

Tower of Babel

1

bad; evil

2

god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder

5

stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics

2

destruction; collapse; crumbling

1

the Absolute

1

why

1

people; citizens; subjects; folk

1

that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the

1

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

2

curse; spell; malediction

1

end; close

1

rationality; reasonableness

1

compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement

1

large army

1

looking on; standing by and watching; sitting back and watching; remaining a spectator

2

good policy; wise policy; best plan

1

I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words

1

scouting; reconnaissance

4

a little bit; a little while

1

dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing

6

to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to

1

to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown

1

exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

1

to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply

1

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

3

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

4

fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs

1

to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

1

mobilization; going into action; being dispatched; being sent out; being called in; turning out

1

order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class

3

brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

1

blasting

2

flash (of light); glint; schiller

1

gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness

5

defense; defence; protection

1

cannot be helped; unavoidable

1

preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

1