jpdb beta

depiction; description; portrayal

4

outline; summary; argument

3

(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle

3

gist; main point

2

narrator; storyteller; reciter

1

disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure

1

to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said

3

several months

7

noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick

3

drama; play; powerful drug

3

details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

4

troublesome; bothersome

2

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

1

novel; (short) story

3

construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation

3

to need; to demand; to take; to require

3

kingdom

1

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

1

place of destination

4

accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

1

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

2

tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground

1

to cut into (a conversation); to interject

2

to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

2

support

2

service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

1

to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone

1

rust

1

barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house

1

you (plural)

3

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

1

more than usual

1

to spend time (on doing something)

1

carbonated drinks

3

to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over

1

to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

1

life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation

1

to spit

1

critical; critical hit

2

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

3

fatal

1

hitting a ball; batting; stroke

1

to feel despondent

2

supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor

1

negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement

1

total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale

1

lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering

3

to detain; to check; to restrain

1

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

1

to sniff out; to get wind of

1