jpdb beta

toward the end

1

world war

1

prime; conspicuous

1

bill (law); measure

1

to blame; to find fault with

1

push

1

to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

1

to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)

1

being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net

1

poisoning; kill by poison

1

popular

2

blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing

1

tone

2

deck (e.g. ship, tape, cassette, observation, train vestibule)

2

prince; duke

6

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

1

trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial

1

cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation

1

pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to

1

to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public

2

literally; self-explanatorily

1

clandestine meeting

1

joining a club as a trial

4

tea ceremony; Way of Tea

1

unique thing; best on earth

1

blast it!; bloody hell!; by thunder!; you bastard!; god damn you!; motherfucker!

1

hero

2

punishment; judgement; judgment

1

cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.

2

to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce

1

going around; patrol; round; tour

4

arrest; roundup

1

execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple

1

inefficient

1

independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted

1

Pan (Greek god); bang; boom; crack

1

ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner

2

working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)

1

game; pastime; recreation; diversion

1

Amitabha (Buddha); Amida; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

2

to add to; to insert

1

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

2

becoming numb; becoming desensitized

1

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

1

anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

1

newly arrived; newly joined; newly entered; newcomer

3

private; personal

1

joining a club

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applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer

2

bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly

1