jpdb beta

brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person

1

emotional strength; force of will

1

to temper thoroughly; to train well

5

based on; built on; made from

3

thousands

1

yours sincerely; respectfully yours

3

tip of a sword; point of a sword

2

lower limbs; legs

1

to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one

1

power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour

1

laugh; laughter

1

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

2

wise saying; maxim

1

to resist (with force); to fight back; to oppose

1

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

1

to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front

2

blunder; slip; error; error

1

chillingly; shiveringly; with goosebumps; uncomfortably; restlessly

1

base; bag; sack; fortress; stronghold

223

to come to a settlement

3

white beard

3

annual tree ring; growth ring; experience in life

1

recognition; acquaintance

1

brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother

1

to begin to speak

2

to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even

1

actual work

1

visual confirmation; sighting

2

absolute secrecy

2

careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

1

position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint

3

selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary

2

transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child

3

need for approval; desire for recognition; esteem needs

1

to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking

1

quite; utterly; really; completely

1

hasty act; rash act

1

ambition; the Buddha's great vow (to save all people)

6

one hole; toilet bowl (for both urination and defecation); effective point for moxibustion; one-woman man

1

to authorize

1

to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate

1

age forty; one's forties

1

adult male; man

1

to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)

2

change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

8

neck

1

to flutter down (of leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing

1

soaked; drenched; sopping; splashing; sloshing

1

means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty

2

to speak brazenly; to never shut up

1