jpdb beta

strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person

3

heresy; nonconformism; heathenism; paganism

1

scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning

1

immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead

13

wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)

1

famous; well-known

1

to parody

1

sex establishment; brothel

1

to call in; to invite; to bring in

1

vomiting; emesis

1

office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman

1

windscreen; windshield

2

feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung

1

violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault

2

operation (of a machine); running; driving (a vehicle); use (of capital, funds, etc.); management

1

taxi

3

shop, bar, etc. where live jazz, pop, rock, etc. is performed; live music club

1

backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal

2

puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)

2

men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

1

machinery and materials; equipment; materials for manufacturing machinery

2

to steal (from a person)

1

fog; mist; spray

1

road surface

1

business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown

1

neon (Ne); neon sign

4

reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes

3

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

2

even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner

2

gaudy; showy; garish; loud

1

to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish

1

the front; honest; upright; decent

2

abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon

2

desire; appetite; lust

1

to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge

1

port city; harbor city; harbour city

1

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

8

adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone

2

hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction

1

to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

2

to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal

1

crossroads; intersection

1

corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness

1

private management

1

store; shop; restaurant

1

that day; the very same day

1

(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

1

last week; the week before

1

clear; transparent; clearing (a high-jump bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball; in soccer); clearing (e.g. a checked box)

2

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

1