jpdb beta

always; all the time

13

onion (Allium cepa)

1

juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce

1

garlic (Allium sativum)

1

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

6

educational institution; school; academy; campus

3

what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

2

as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively

2

to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear

4

bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant

3

to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits

2

to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale

2

foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd

3

to adhere to; to stick to; to cling to

1

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

32

to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate

1

next; then; after that

2

to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

4

all you have to do is; just; that's all

4

bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis

15

fairy tale

2

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

12

stubbornly; firmly; determinedly; obstinately; resolutely; adamantly

4

live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger

2

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

15

restriction; restraint; binding; constraint

6

to abbreviate; to abridge; to omit; to leave out; to take; to capture

4

ATA (connector standard)

1

malicious; scheming; black-hearted; cruel (contrary to outward behavior); sly; black-hearted

4

high-risk

2

high return

1

scruff of the neck

3

toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)

3

dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull

2

dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications

1

to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing

3

this; this one; this way; (arch.) I; (arch.) we

2

to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree

2

rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

2

failure (of a person); letdown; washout; idiot; fool; moron

2

octopus; fool; idiot

1

slow-witted person; dimwit; halfwit; faded, dull-colored eggplant

2

to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

2

to produce (e.g. movie, play, show, event, musical recording, etc.); to design (e.g. new commercial product, restaurant concept, etc.); to create; production; creation; design

5

standing for a long time; remaining standing

1

lip-syncing; lip-synching

2

ballade (narrative poetry, musical composition); ballad (popular song)

2

direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

5

to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink

4

cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy

1