jpdb beta

observation; survey; watching

8

aggressor; assailant; invader

1

chandelier

1

to jump from one thing to another

1

poor; lame; ill-prepared

4

lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

2

body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field

12

long distance; tele-

2

metre; meter; meter; gauge

2

to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join

2

I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect

4

disturbance; perturbation; derangement

5

verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words

1

suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

1

intruder; infiltrator

8

dowsing

2

waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)

1

vein (of ore); reef; streak; lode

1

search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation

6

anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago

1

fortune-telling; divination

34

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

3

to point at

1

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

3

false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

1

to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

6

misunderstanding

14

anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

16

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

7

tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

2

typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model

2

arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories

1

possible; likely; probable

10

going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling

1

conclusion

18

haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

2

motherland; fatherland; native country

1

literature

1

to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

3

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

4

section (i.e. of text); sentence; phrase; verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry); haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.

1

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

3

main question; real issue at hand

6

my; our; one's own

8

falsehood; lie

1

becoming red hot; red heat; scorching heat; running high (of emotions); burning (with passion, enthusiasm, etc.)

2

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

7

carefully; with caution

4

one's best interests; one's own good

1