jpdb beta

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

2

finely chiseled (features)

1

designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at

5

order; turn

1

liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity

14

order; sequence; procedure

1

to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy

2

writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning

1

for example

1

in order; in turn; one by one

2

eleven; 11; jack

1

the nth ...; divisions of a kabuki performance

2

condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner

5

small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

3

along; parallel to; in accordance with

1

long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)

1

deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe

3

to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

1

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

7

to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with

2

average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

4

stress

2

hospitalization; hospitalisation

1

process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work

1

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

1

cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine

1

back cover

1

thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)

5

metal plate; metallic plate

4

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

3

straight line; beeline

1

(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter

1

in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover

1

back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

1

closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently

1

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

4

to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)

2

closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)

1

invitation; introduction; temptation

3

castle

17

quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly

9

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

3

full dress; formal dress; uniform

1

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

7

to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)

3

majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

1

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

5

to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve

17

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

9

two-storied building

1