jpdb beta

to drag in; to pull in

3

aggressive; pushy; in-your-face

1

The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision

1

murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post

3

measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

4

close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex

2

to come to see; to come and see; to visit

2

matter in question; that matter; the matter; the issue

2

accompanying; being in attendance on; inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)

1

dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now

3

according to (someone)

2

cause unknown

3

unrelated; unconnected

1

excuse; pretext

1

dice roll with the desired result; lucky throw of the dice; good luck; stroke of luck; hoped-for result

1

pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase; follow-up attack

1

bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer

5

rental library

1

new book; new publication

1

to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)

4

(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

1

life and death

1

gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit

1

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

2

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

2

(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty

1

to blossom; to flower; to bloom; to flower (of a civilization, talent, etc.); to flourish; to become widespread

1

lady; ready

2

taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story

1

ratio; proportion; percentage

3

I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but

1

to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place

1

to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

1

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended

6

to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)

4

separate case; another matter; different matter; another project

3

to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

1

offender; criminal; culprit

1

a few years later

1

in plain words; in plain terms; put simply

1

military force; military strength

2

heretical religion; damaging religion; heresy

1

year before last

1

diversion; putting something to another use

1

indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate

2

random; random sampling

2

extensive; vast range; wide scope

2

going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with

1

historical fact

7

state-of-the-art; cutting-edge

1