jpdb beta

eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg

1

to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)

1

rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

3

way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression

4

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

2

wicked tongue; sharp tongue; abusive language

1

obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)

2

woman; girl

4

personal; individual; private

2

schoolboy; male student

6

jealousy; envy

2

knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning

2

cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed

1

despair; hopelessness

1

very bottom; rock bottom

1

iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast

1

respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

4

to pretend; to act (as if)

2

big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with

2

position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase

1

to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast

1

besides; in addition; also; moreover

1

to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)

1

softly; mildly; gently; politely

1

trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder

3

on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

3

to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention

1

sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent

3

complacency about peace; naive belief in continued peace; ignorance of global conflict

1

Moldavia

1

the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade

3

fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry

1

continuation; succession; series; continuous

1

was

15

armed forces; military; (common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier; underling; ordinary employee

1

to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize

6

island country

1

distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without

1

characteristic; feature; special quality

1

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

2

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

3

(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit

1

salty-sweet

2

to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

3

two

8

equestrian tribe; equestrian people

1

passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching

2