jpdb beta

to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation

6

little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak

1

flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness

2

nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

1

with the exception of; excepting; excluding

17

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

4

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

1

fate; destiny; lot

1

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

8

season; time of year

33

praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)

2

praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)

1

axe; ax; hatchet

3

to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

1

criminal; culprit

1

to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

1

to prowl after; to keep watch on

1

detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation

1

to be the same; to coincide; to correspond

5

borrowing; loan

1

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

2

and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

7

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

1

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

7

to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)

3

many; much; a great amount; (arch.) excessive amount

1

difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different

3

European magpie (Pica pica)

1

dyspepsia; indigestion; weak digestion

1

subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental

1

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

2

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

2

truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer

1

to lose something

1

to hate; to detest

7

hidden meaning; symbolism; moral

2

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

3

mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing

5

unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)

6

going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people

5

river; stream; River; the ... river

28

it is certain true that ... (but); you can't argue that it's not ... (but)

1

steep mountain road; dangerous mountain path

3

that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance

1

treetop; tip of a branch

23

risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh

5

totteringly; trudgingly

2

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

4

success; hit

5

manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling

4