jpdb beta

New Year

1

nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib

1

to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

3

healthy; sound; wholesome

1

complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face

5

four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing

1

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

1

to sell

1

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

1

to be helpful; to be useful

1

journal; magazine; periodical

7

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

10

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

3

to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage

2

in addition

1

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

1

frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)

1

abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly

1

to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud

1

whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper

2

bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building

1

four

5

counter for books; volume

2

bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

1

table; desk

1

through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

3

to look around; to survey

3

to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

2

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

2

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

2

mother

14

train; electric train

14

restlessly; hurriedly; agitatedly; fidgeting

3

eyebrow; eyebrows

6

furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

3

drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu

3

rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded

1

bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

1

burglary; burglar; closet

1

empty; vacant; hollow

2

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

4

to sit (down)

2

to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch

5

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

5

unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently

2

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

2

pupil

1

flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)

2

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

1

among (them); of (them)

2