jpdb beta

to wind around

1

posing and moving the fingers as an art form; finger-tutting

1

pious; devout

1

sacrifice sale; bargain sale; discount sale

1

(talk of a) moneymaking scheme; moneymaking idea; get-rich-quick proposal

2

hard (life); tough (world)

1

to be oversensitive; to be nervous; to be overly concerned; to worry too much

1

in bad taste; problematic; of poor character

1

gremlin

1

destroyer

1

priest

3

Richie; Ritchie

3

toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff

1

beauties of nature; the traditional themes of natural beauty in Japanese aesthetics; artistic pursuits involving nature themes

2

kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation

1

explosion

2

bubbliness (of a carbonated drink); sound of bubbles (of a carbonated drink); fluffiness (of a cake, souffle, whipped cream)

1

steel; steal (baseball, basketball)

9

remains; corpse; (dead) body

1

lavish; profuse

1

national budget

3

sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar

1

house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly

1

mapping; aligning related information, objects, etc.; mapping; mapping; cartography

1

to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)

1

keel

6

aqua

8

uncharted territory; unknown waters; unfamiliar terrain

1

unit price; unit cost

4

reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

1

to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear

1

struggle for existence

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

1

to awake from one's sleep

1

to grieve and moan

1

currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker

1

blunder; (careless) mistake; error

1

Ouch!

1

stable

1

long ago; once upon a time

1

side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending

1

flight; elopement

1

to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be

2

value to society; raison d'être; existence value

1

discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced

1

clairvoyance; second sight; clairvoyant

2

clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another

1

improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy

1

one's share; one's portion

1

pitch dark; total darkness

1