jpdb beta

connection; link; relationship

1

appearance; arrival; make one's appearance

2

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

1

in succession; one by one

3

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

1

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve

1

to gain in skill; to improve; to get better

1

consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)

2

to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still

1

to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

4

restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

1

main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis

1

if it is the case that ...

1

to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

2

disgusting; repulsive

1

to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

1

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

1

approval; endorsement

1

to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful

1

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

1

besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so

2

preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving

6

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

4

to improve one's skill

2

to close (one's eyes); to shut

2

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

2

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

1

avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)

1

to throw at; to turn; to raise

1

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

3

to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch

2

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

1

completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)

2

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

4

to finish; to graduate

1

just above; right overhead

1

huge; gigantic; enormous

7

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

1

one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

1

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

1

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

1

conversation

2

to waste time; to kill time

1

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

3

to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

1

fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

4

but; however; provided that

3

happy ending

2

armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

1

to wave one's hand

3