jpdb beta

meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor

1

as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated

2

(and) then; and; thereupon; in that case; then; so

1

back (of a chair); backrest

1

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

2

no!; no no!; no, not at all

1

to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around

1

reflexive; reflecting

1

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

1

flight; desertion; escape

2

abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping

1

entrance hall

5

eldest; oldest

1

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

to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)

1

wind and waves; discord; trouble; hardships

1

to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by

1

to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake

1

infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)

1

vehement objection; bitter opposition

1

to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember

1

generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points

1

sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)

1

to try to do; to attempt to do

1

the latter; the second; successor; descendant

1

pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

1

return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)

1

to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

2

outdoors; outside

1

mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance

1

a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

1

uniform

1

mere; simple; sheer

1

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

1

to fulfill one's responsibilities

2

considerably; not a little; in no small numbers

1

to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

1

to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project

4

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

2

to grimace; to frown

1

empress; empress dowager

3

faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true

1

present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

1

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side

2

play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack

2

taking a breather; relaxation; rest; vent; ventilation opening

1

to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow

1

period; term; interval

4

to gain the understanding (of); to obtain consent (from)

1

firm; strong; solid; stable

1