jpdb beta

gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor

5

control; check; restraint; inhibition

1

pass (e.g. backstage pass); permit (to pass or travel); laissez passer; passport

2

food

6

with a light thud

1

to get dry

2

temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical

1

we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual

1

outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...

1

coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate

5

to look forward to

2

be; is

1

having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still

1

people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)

1

trouble; bother; annoyance

2

cannot bear (doing); cannot bring oneself (to do); reluctant (to do)

1

by myself; in person; by oneself

5

shopping; purchased goods

1

nice; likeable; desirable

1

to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

2

passage; passing through

1

mantle; cloak; manteau

9

to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed

1

easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

6

often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly

1

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

11

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

4

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

1

warning; alarm; alert

2

operation; functioning; running

2

convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

1

to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

1

scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer

2

magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)

4

research; study; investigation

9

centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

1

enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place); sitting prominently (in a place); being plunked down; being planted (in a spot)

1

near; nearby; not far off

1

to build; to construct

1

establishment; founding; organization; organisation

1

founding of a nation

1

to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)

2

founder; organizer; organiser

1

intention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view

1

to come from; to have roots in

1

motto

1

infrastructure

1

quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality

1

tool; implement; means; furniture

1

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

2