jpdb beta

bold and clever; daring and ingenious; audacious and masterly

1

corpse; dead person

20

behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy

4

grayish white; greyish white

2

hair

8

to weigh one thing against the other; to act in consideration of; to compare and take into consideration

2

fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest

1

creation; nature; the Universe

3

attic; loft

3

perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem

1

(for) how many days; what day (of the month)

1

number of nights

1

mass; lump; nodule; baby boom generation (of 1947-1949); babyboomer (born between 1947-1949)

1

tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

1

(liquid) nasal mucus; nasal discharge; pituita; snot

1

factory; manufactory; works; mill

1

octopus

3

octopus

2

feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung

2

damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

1

resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy

5

building; structure

1

building

1

nutrient

1

storage tank

1

small intestine

2

curve

3

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

3

to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard

3

taking great pains

5

stupefaction; stupor; unconsciousness; confusion

3

mind and body

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

14

desk

30

to spring up; to leap to one's feet; to jump up and down

1

to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone

1

at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)

6

female (animal, plant)

9

bow (and arrow; esp. of a noble)

11

100,000; hundred thousand

1

one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N

7

millimeter; millimetre

1

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty

6

affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious

5

formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty

3

group; bunch; crowd; group

5

(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead

43

to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

1

origin; root; cause; principle

7

(divine) providence; dispensation

1