jpdb beta

to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour

1

to make a speech; to address

1

chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse

1

to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

1

to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)

1

poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

1

compatibility; coexistence; standing together; balancing (e.g. work and family)

1

for example; for instance; e.g.

1

older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella

5

to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone

1

to moan; to groan

2

no; nope

1

great laughter; burst of laughter

2

person; man

1

asking for the moon; asking for the impossible; asking for too much; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence

1

red face

1

(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely

1

acquaintance

2

illegitimate child; secret love child

1

no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

1

faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)

1

aha!; yes sir

1

neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing

5

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

1

to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)

6

being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering

1

sympathy; compassion; pity

2

you bitch!

1

calculation; self-interest; selfishness

1

horned owl (any owl with horn-like ear tufts)

1

was

7

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

2

to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

2

pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth

1

commencing with; including

1

all kinds of things; various things; large number of people

1

definite; final; decisive; conclusive

1

to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour

3

pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants

1

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

1

abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

2

water caltrop (esp. Trapa japonica); water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)

1

to cling

3

to assist; to help out

3

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

3

to do so; to do thus

2

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

but; however; provided that

1

yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof

6

gold coin

7