jpdb beta

body; group; party; company; troupe

4

to draw in; to attract

2

to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate

2

smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)

1

springy (texture); doughy; elastic

1

oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition

1

(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act

3

similar story; variant tale

2

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

2

characteristic

3

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

4

(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth

3

to transcribe; to copy

14

good medicine

1

measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel

1

from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored

3

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

6

cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather

2

solitarily; in a lonely fashion; all alone; by oneself

1

inside (a refrigerator, warehouse, etc.)

1

to invite in; to show someone in

4

taking medicine

1

casting; cast-metal object

2

question; inquiry; enquiry

1

whiz (e.g. projectile through air); swoosh; whoosh; whistling sound

1

to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)

1

to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

6

to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine

4

rock

2

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

6

heart and soul; all one's heart; all one's energy

1

placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)

7

design

3

writing; composition; essay; sentence

6

exceedingly; extremely; decisively

3

solution; way out

1

emphasis-adding particle

6

flat board; slab; slat; monotonous; dull; flat

1

sashimi; make-up

2

to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange

3

(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

7

defense; defence; safeguard; protection

4

opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

3

vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous

2

master musician

2

polish; improvement; burnishing

2

to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize

1

to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise

3

center of a flower (centre); pistils and stamens

1

lake surface

2