jpdb beta

leading; guiding; commanding

1

perception; intuition; the sixth sense

27

if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like

6

big yawn

1

horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise

7

buoyancy; floating power

4

science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)

2

eureka

1

bathtub (esp. wooden and bucket-shaped); small bucket used while bathing

1

ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making

3

twice; again; second time

6

near future

3

oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long

1

desertification

2

to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen

1

toiletries

1

to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking

1

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

11

to rant and rave; to raise hell

1

smuggling oneself into a country; illegal immigration

1

right to keep silent; right to silence; right to remain silent

1

to strangle; to constrict

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

3

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

4

guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room

1

encampment; position

3

every person; each one; everybody

10

box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)

2

pleasant talk; chat

2

travel; trip; journey

6

arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

2

cruiser (i.e. warship or cabin cruiser)

12

to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

3

to tower over the surroundings

4

plan; design; layout

7

trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled

8

architect

1

to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations

2

preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard

5

article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price

3

just as one wishes

2

to draw a plan

1

alcoholism

1

dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy

4

Antoni Gaudi

1

ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run

2

breakfast

2

baked seaweed; toasted seaweed

1

raw egg

1

innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine

2