jpdb beta

spearhead

2

pink (colour, color); peach

1

to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle

1

to lend a hand; to help

1

in (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); inside the line; in; inside; enter here; enter; back nine

12

certainly; surely; definitely

1

trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing

2

to be too long

2

aslant; oblique; diagonal; askew; cater-cornered; catty-cornered

2

no; nope; naah

1

to chase; to run after; to pursue

1

to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

1

reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction

1

proposal; offer; request; application

1

rain cloud

2

distant

1

to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

1

check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out

2

just past noon; afternoon

1

catercorner; diagonally opposite

1

one house

1

guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)

1

astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous

1

orphan; person without friends

2

and; although; but

2

to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about

2

assassin's dagger; assassin's blade; deadly weapon

2

kindness; favour; favor; hospitality

1

to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to

5

hard worker; hardworking person

1

good morning

2

plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)

2

big yawn

1

arrangement; preparations; search (by police)

1

one's birthplace

1

having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...

1

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

1

moderate

1

looking depressed; long face

1

catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water

1

to fiddle with; to monkey around with

1

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

1

thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

2

that sort of; that kind of; that (over there); like that; in that way; so

1

acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)

1

to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

2

to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

2

face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members

2

casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular

2

desire for revenge; vengeful thoughts

1