jpdb beta

superiority; predominance

1

to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle

1

on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)

1

surely (not); certainly (not)

1

to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

1

setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

1

steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)

2

stakes; bet

1

morality; moral principles

1

to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)

3

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

1

straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

1

head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)

1

exchange student

1

to explain adequately; to be accountable

1

treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay

5

growth process

1

studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)

16

change of mind; inconstancy; apostasy

1

to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear

1

to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse

1

justification; warrant

2

eagerly; earnestly; ardently

1

ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand

1

speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

1

gullible; naive

1

face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house

1

to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)

1

extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious

1

shall I?; shall we?

1

Cline; Klijn; Kline

2

foreign language

6

to examine; to check; to inspect

1

naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank

1

to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound

1

to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

1

to peek; to peep

1

to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud

1

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

4

to wear a sword

1

attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another

1

to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat

1

falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset

1

going into a frenzy; flying into a rage

2

reverse side; opposite (of the expected); purl stitch (knitting)

1

being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands

1

reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)

1

peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade

1

striking with the back of the sword

1

perception; sensation; awareness

1