jpdb beta

reading (books)

1

bonsai; miniature potted plant

2

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

2

endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

2

animal

2

low-ranking prison guard; hell's tormenting devils

2

but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...

11

that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

7

cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike

1

appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)

1

no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

5

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

3

natural posture (esp. in judo); natural stance; natural attitude; relaxed manner; calm manner

2

you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

3

senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

4

method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

1

to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

25

just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...

3

I; me

12

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

6

last position; previous job; predecessor

1

head-hunting; recruiting professionals from other companies

1

ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

5

mid-career recruitment

1

seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

4

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit

6

acting; performance

1

tusk; fang

1

to show; to bare (the teeth)

1

drool

1

to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch

1

stray dog; ownerless dog

1

double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

1

deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)

1

feeling; sense; impression

1

white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

3

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker

11

extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more

1

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

1

information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

1

to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)

1

all; everyone; everybody

1

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

1

please (give me); please (do for me)

6

although I say; although one might say; although called

1

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

1

pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting

1

measurement

1