jpdb beta

number of days (times) one has attended

3

lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility

1

middle and high-school students

1

appearance (in the eyes of society); decency

3

reference; allusion

1

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

1

to make light of; to ignore; to slight

1

in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se

2

career enhancement; improving one's career prospects

1

private office; private practice

1

every evening; night after night

1

more than enough (to drink)

1

hey; cheers

1

getting paid to go out drinking (usu. a set amount to cover the taxi fare home)

1

oh; ah; I'll be darned

1

raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities

1

to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage

3

just kidding; Not!

1

hiding one's embarrassment

2

community; communication

1

to begrudge doing; to find bothersome

1

romantic

1

hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)

1

to smile pleasantly

1

decision; determination

5

load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility

1

pretension; conceit; hubris

2

to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate

1

(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)

1

to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous

1

one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing

2

meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally

1

new building; new construction

1

third floor

1

dust protection; dust cover

1

leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank

1

cap (headwear); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief

1

(short) jacket; blouson; ski jumper; jumping event athlete; jumper lead; jumper wire

1

silhouette

2

appliqué (ornamental needlework)

1

beginning of the year; early in the New Year

1

product past its prime; TV show, video game, etc. that has jumped the shark

2

silent; solemn; quiet

1

four characters; four letters

1

anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z

1

girls-only gathering

3

to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)

1

deeply emotive; moving

1

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

1

laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig

1