jpdb beta

courtyard; quadrangle; middle court

1

school store; co-op

1

right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...

1

another meeting; meeting again; reunion

2

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

3

to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

2

shamelessly; brazenly

1

thank you

1

grim face; angry look

1

harmless; innocuous; safe; benign

1

anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

3

unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

2

twins; twin

1

older brother; elder brother

1

to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)

1

wrist

1

quietly; soundlessly

1

to disappear; to vanish

2

spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

5

observing eye

2

reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure

1

temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical

1

nightlife districts; drinking districts

1

to squash; to crush; to flatten

3

idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

1

circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

1

seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

1

great detective

1

cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible

1

riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty

1

to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over

1

prize money; monetary award; reward

3

alibi

1

inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration

2

to swell up

1

being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment

1

tendency; trend; inclination

5

serious

2

to discharge (e.g. effluent)

3

apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia

7

tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil

4

esthetics; aesthetics

5

position

3

taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair

1

vexed; irritated; fretful; shaggy; bushy; ragged

1

rival; competition

5

comedian; actor who plays comic roles; figure of fun; laughing stock

1

(romantic) love

3

computer game for men featuring beautiful women characters (usu. adult game)

2

oxygen deficiency; oxygen shortage; lack of oxygen

1