jpdb beta

ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)

1

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

11

hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no

12

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

5

honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion

7

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

adds force or indicates command

10

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

2

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

55

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

1

oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!

2

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

3

ancient China

1

saint

1

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

2

to mark the end; to spell the end

1

human being; human; person; character (of a person)

2

desire; appetite; lust

1

release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)

2

wars; disturbances

2

storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

1

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

1

countries

1

seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)

1

weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)

1

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

4

now; the present time; just now; another; more

5

west

1

the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

1

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)

3

Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty

3

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

8

big; large; great

1

history

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

1

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

2

this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

4

to live through; to survive

1

name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

1

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

20

-less; lacking; non-existing

1

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

2

young person; youth; young

1

king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)

6

violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement

1

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

1

be; is

1