jpdb beta

warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful

1

to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise

7

opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling

1

to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly; to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage (e.g. of another's popularity)

1

emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant

1

karate; empty handed

1

large explosion

2

several years; a few years

3

peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades

1

quiet; still; calm

2

secondary

2

abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly

1

to be in disorder; to lie scattered around

1

to narrow the focus; to focus attention (on); to concentrate (on); to zero in

1

neglecting; leaving alone

1

two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

3

monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

1

black sheep (of a family); ostracism

1

absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer

2

the n-th

1

parent-child relationship

2

mother and child

2

foster parents

3

biological parent; real parent

1

aunt

1

historical fact

3

love story

1

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

2

end of war; cessation of hostilities

1

outline; summary; argument

1

to despair of; to see the vanity of

2

rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out

2

burning at the stake; burning to death

1

modern times; the modern age; this day and age

1

to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone

2

sacrament

1

thirst; craving; desire

1

while alive; during one's lifetime

3

to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life

1

resurrection (of a company or school, etc.)

1

transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis

1

ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing

1

biological child; one's own child

3

change; alteration; modification

1

secretiveness

1

ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound

1

unexpected (joy, success, etc.); unanticipated; beyond what one hoped; beyond one's expectations

1

face; looks; vestiges; trace

1

to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time

1