jpdb beta

cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces

1

to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal

2

multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of

2

to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits

2

to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love

1

symptoms; condition (of a patient)

3

to call each other's names

1

shout of abuse; jeers; boos

1

red shift

1

murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post

4

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

4

balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp

4

to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

1

timing

3

draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print

1

mainly; primarily

1

to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap

2

the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar

2

blood

14

to become completely chilled

2

ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly

2

safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

5

powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging

3

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

14

reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush

1

don't worry; there's no need to worry

1

to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse

1

start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game

1

to come to light

4

bewilderment; confusion

4

in turns; alternately; in order

1

creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

3

to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout

7

to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels

1

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

2

to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

8

the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality

6

trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering

2

alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal

1

to glare at; to scowl at

2

with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction

1

to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate

18

to explain adequately; to be accountable

12

to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

6

kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse

16

to take (be in) charge of

1

nude woman; naked woman

1

oversight; omission; mistake

1

to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up

4

to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate

1