jpdb beta

abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender

6

old friend; old acquaintance

1

to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip

1

profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior

1

to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root

2

to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)

2

nuance

2

comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy

3

secret; secrecy

2

shrill voice; unaccompanied part of the Heike Monogatari chanting; part of an unaccompanied poem (in noh)

1

spaghetti

1

to soil one's clothes

1

one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor

3

to be talented; to be able

2

not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady

2

basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)

6

abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance

1

abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess

1

attractive face and figure

2

irreproachable conduct; good conduct; high morals

2

fan club

1

everyday occurrence

1

short circuit; short; illogical jump; drawing a hasty inference (between two events); jumping to conclusions

4

serious reflection; soul-searching; penitence

4

drunkenness; intoxication

5

hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist

4

to save an enemy from trouble instead of taking advantage of their weakness; to show humanity even to one's enemy; to help one's enemy in difficulty

1

as rumored; as rumoured

1

approach (to a problem, issue, etc.); approach (of a long jump, aircraft's flight, etc.); inrun (of a ski jump); approach (to a building, mountain, etc.); approach shot

1

taking no notice (of); showing no interest (in); paying no attention (to); ignoring completely

2

speeding up; speed-up

1

all you want; as much as one wants

5

rest; repose

2

zone; area; belt; region

1

pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"

1

subordination; servitude; servility; subordinate; underling

4

constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone

1

to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble

3

literature

1

reading matter; reading material

1

truth; reality

1

expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.

1

double take (esp. out of surprise)

1

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

5

to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position

1

cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless

1

warmth

2

angry face (countenance)

1

to build up a hypothesis

1

information element

1