jpdb beta

professional

1

colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm

2

limbs; arms and legs; body

1

weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend

1

hairdo covering the ears

3

intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly

3

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

4

death by drowning

1

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

1

wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)

2

100; hundred

2

knife

1

with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting

1

humor; humour

1

introduction; presentation; referral; listing

1

comparatively; relatively

1

to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side

2

unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene

2

explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation

1

observer; spectator

1

abrupt; sudden

1

explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

7

to understand; to make out

1

cause; origin; source

3

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

1

clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate

1

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

1

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

1

scrutiny; digging into; excavation; inquiry into; enquiry into; prying

1

to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard

2

fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence

1

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

1

book; volume

3

creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention

1

novelist; fiction writer

1

to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of

2

rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom

1

glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view

3

quadrilateral; square

1

miniature

2

discrimination; judgement; judgment; separation; sorting

1

three days

2

to need; to demand; to take; to require

3

volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

1

thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article

1

exceedingly; very

1

cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet

1

to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

2

bookcase

2

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

2