jpdb beta

staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance

1

cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

10

to heckle; to jeer

2

acute ear; good ear

1

to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes

1

local rule; house rule; ground rule

1

unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with

2

one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation

1

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

2

to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)

1

letting out blood prior to cooking; draining blood from meat, fish, etc.

2

reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)

1

river; stream; River; the ... river

1

what is it?

3

substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial

1

beckoning

4

net; netting; web

1

chopping board; cutting board

1

to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order

1

cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal

2

puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish

1

grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing

1

deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet

1

annoying; noisy; strict

3

stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation

6

change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement

1

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

2

not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options

1

for use as food; edible

1

control; management (e.g. of a business)

4

maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting

6

to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

9

fresh

2

close to the wall; alongside the wall

1

some people; a few people; several people

1

with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff

2

part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)

1

stove; furnace; kiln

3

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

3

to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)

1

simmering; (boiling) gently

1

wrist

2

sky; air; mid-air

2

inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front

1

fine powder

8

customization; customisation

1

progress; advance; improvement; development

2

personal; individual; private

1

improvement; reform

1