jpdb beta

going upstream; sailing against the current

4

version

4

to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

1

annual (plant); first-year student

2

confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

1

lime; quicklime; caustic lime

1

panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind

1

time machine

2

loss; going missing

1

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

8

to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by

3

together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)

1

to oversleep

1

subtraction

1

to obtain; to procure

1

trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling

1

trembling with excitement

1

main cause; primary factor

1

to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in

1

to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on

1

simple; plain

1

obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

1

conclusion

1

attraction; fascination; lure; captivation; charm

1

grammar

1

mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion

1

to get help; to enlist aid

2

capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel

1

without thinking of the consequences

1

bench

6

present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

1

nine o'clock

2

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1

touch; contact

1

both; both sides; both parties

1

there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much

1

female teacher

2

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

1

Snow White

2

Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)

2

cheek

2

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

2

near; nearby; not far off

1

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

6

period of time; time slot; time zone

1

because of; owing to; due to

1

to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm

2

ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters

1

convenient

1

eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo

1