jpdb beta

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

4

to know (someone); to think; to believe

1

serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere

1

tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky

1

resignation; acceptance; consolation

1

indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary

2

virtue

1

to have both; to possess both; to combine with

1

graduate; alumnus; alumna

1

to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival

1

level; standard; water level

1

to reach; to get to; to arrive at

1

teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

2

workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

1

talent; ability

3

fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking

5

ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

6

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

1

to collapse (of a building, dream, plan, etc.); to be destroyed; to fall through; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; to be routed

2

to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off

2

impossible to do (although wants to)

2

three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)

4

theologian

12

tradition; folklore; legend; (verbal) message; word (from someone)

3

sacred books; sutras; scriptures (Bible, Koran, etc.)

1

yours sincerely; respectfully yours

1

compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

1

to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark

2

writing; composition; essay; sentence

1

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

1

ruin; destruction; fall

4

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

1

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

1

tyranny; atrocity

2

remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue

1

to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate

3

again; once more; a second time

4

above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth

3

evil god

1

invitation; introduction; temptation

2

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

2

to learn; to study; to take lessons in

2

expulsion; driving out; driving away; extermination

1

test; trial; ordeal; tribulation

3

to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake

3

like a decent person; human

1

to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped

1

pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course

1

after; since

2

to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

1