jpdb beta

I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...

1

to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki

1

good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory

1

to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into

3

width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

2

unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

3

to wander; to roam from place to place

1

long time; long interval; for quite some time

1

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

6

both sides; two sides; double-sided

1

consideration; taking into account

5

structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

2

construction; architecture (of buildings)

2

talk; recital; narration; topic

1

stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause

4

practical; realistic; pragmatic

1

common; frequent

1

imaginary; fantastical; visionary; utopian; quixotic; fanciful

1

complete; whole; perfect; safe

1

subhuman; demi-human; Argentinian (person); (arch.) American (person)

1

cryptid (unidentified mysterious creature); mythical beast

1

smart-alecky; clever-clever; cheeky; cunning; crafty; shrewd

1

absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous

1

unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt

1

schedule; program; calendar

1

complaint

1

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

1

interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off

2

quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...

3

idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

1

to leak; to run out

1

absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only

2

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

1

you could say; you might say; verging on the

1

second (in a series)

1

development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life

2

bokken; wooden sword

1

type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention

4

extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)

1

animal trapping; hunting with traps

1

to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

4

hunting; shooting; game; quarry

1

megafauna; large animal

1

few days

2

survival

1

to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs

1

strength training; resistance training

1

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

2

real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice sword)

3

leather

5