jpdb beta

to give something weight; to give something dignity

1

Bartlett (pear)

9

Fields

1

romance (e.g. the Arthurian romances)

1

regular train; local train; train that stops at every station

1

Neville

1

payment on delivery; cash on delivery; COD

1

mailman; postman; mail carrier; post carrier

11

secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick

1

meal (food, ground grain); Mir (Russian space station); meel; Indian club

3

incoming telegram

3

to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)

1

very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring

1

yoke

12

bronchial tube

1

Nihi (the two former provinces of Hizen and Higo)

2

postal delivery; mail delivery; postman; mailman

3

hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces

1

Ashley; Ashleigh

1

Alexandre; Aleksandr

1

city planning; urban planning; town planning

1

delivery person

3

two copies

1

short story; novella

1

to show one's age (e.g. to start creaking at the joints); to wear out (e.g. machinery)

1

tailor

36

(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age

1

to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs

1

radio tower

1

abandoned child; foundling

1

debutante

5

Aimee; Amy

16

curtsy; curtsey

1

closeted maiden; carefully-raised girl from a well-to-do family

1

astronomical observatory

1

exclusion of males; (being) closed to men

1

running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally

1

worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated

1

elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career

6

to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see

1

apartment building; housing complex

1

to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice

1

system where all students live in dormitories; residential system; boarding system (e.g. boarding school)

2

new era; new period; new age; new epoch

2

supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)

1

classification; assortment; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)

1

writing on someone's behalf

3

southern tip

1

lie; rye; rai (Algerian music style)

1

doll; dhole (Cuon alpinus); Indian wild dog

11