jpdb beta

home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

6

to twist; to distort

3

impossible

1

possible; potential; practicable; feasible

1

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

4

(divine) providence; dispensation

1

previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

4

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

1

shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden

2

natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

7

rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent

1

deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong

3

until now; so far; up to the present

4

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

1

to lose hope

1

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

9

to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly

3

and; thereupon; because of that

5

one's just deserts; one's just desserts; one's just reward; what one deserves; comeuppance

1

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

3

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

4

just because; even if; even though

1

to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with

3

justification; warrant

1

to be conceited

1

yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

2

to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)

2

child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

37

private; personal life; (one's) privacy

2

on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with

1

goodness; good

1

rival; competition

2

arm; skill; efforts; ability

9

to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance

1

to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

2

to take someone's life; to kill someone

3

implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization

1

to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off

2

I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

1

moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)

18

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

1

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

4

blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

13

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

1

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

4

at a loss for words; stumped for words

2

as (for); for; in the capacity of

5

even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing

3

blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative

4

regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

3