jpdb beta

reason for being; raison d'être

1

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

2

jealous; envious

1

ho-ho

1

to poke; to push

1

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

1

borrowing; debt; loan

1

dress; clothes; drapery

2

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

1

reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about

2

Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)

1

Katsumi

1

long ago; already; a long time ago

2

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

1

Ouch!

1

remembrance; recollection; recognition

1

silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling

1

pediatrics

1

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

2

May; fifth month of the lunar calendar

1

first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month

1

drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing

1

ultimate; final; last; eventual

2

artificial life

1

homunculus; homonculus

1

failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop

1

creation; Creation (by God)

2

September; ninth month of the lunar calendar

1

October; tenth month of the lunar calendar

2

tenth day of the month; ten days

2

visit; call

1

to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

6

since then; from that time; ever since

1

gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine

1

to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength

2

as if; as though

1

century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

1

scholar

2

plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception

1

in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

1

production; manufacture

1

uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient

1

to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

1

becoming red hot; red heat; scorching heat; running high (of emotions); burning (with passion, enthusiasm, etc.)

2

lead (Pb)

1

mercury (Hg)

1

to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply

2

concrete

1

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

1

suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out

1