jpdb beta

to practice; to practise; to train; to drill; to become practiced; to become practised

2

high; high school

3

barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock

2

softness; comparatively soft

1

reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure

1

conditionally; with conditions attached

2

east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!

1

time difference

4

New York

2

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

2

rearranging; remodeling; remodelling

1

nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

2

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

4

less than ...; smaller ...

1

ventilation hole; vent

1

everything; anything; nothing

2

oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed

1

background image; static image

1

success or failure; outcome; result

1

circle and cross; right and wrong (answers); true-false

1

to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off

5

penalty

2

stone hut; rock chamber; tomb; stone burial chamber

17

projection

1

shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears

2

darkness

3

sphere of action; scope of activity; range of work

2

sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness

3

modern medicine

1

potentiality; dormancy; latency

1

representative

1

idly; sluggishly; doing nothing

1

to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in

1

fruit of one's labor; result of one's efforts

2

sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet

1

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

1

to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively

1

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

3

regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction

1

insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith

5

to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)

3

irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness

4

change of schedule; schedule change

1

writing on someone's behalf

1

no matter how much time passes

1

to write incorrectly; to miswrite; to spoil (e.g. a letter) due to writing mistakes; to ruin; to make a mess of

1

target group; target persons

2

meaning; significance

1

dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point

3

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

5