jpdb beta

antique shop

16

daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision

4

to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts

3

to approach

6

failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

1

feel when biting; manner of enunciation

1

molars; back teeth

2

older person with more life experience

1

vertical; perpendicular

1

decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon

5

jump; leap; skip; bound

2

permanent; perpetual; persistent; lasting

3

enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly

7

(all) together

5

pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls

4

pain; ache; -algia

2

to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce

1

soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy

5

attendant; companion

2

longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long

2

teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher

1

ill-natured; inconstancy

2

taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven

5

long hair

3

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

6

souvenir

1

with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand

2

to keep standing

2

to possess; to haunt

7

deep-seated grudge; hatred

2

thud

7

salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation

2

small fraction; small proportion

4

reflexively; reflectively; by reflex

3

soap bubble

4

grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment

10

trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

2

plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid

2

iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow

1

to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention

2

first love; puppy love

2

big job; great task

1

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

2

inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness

6

to be greedy; to covet

1

to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

1

total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

3

otaku; geek; nerd; enthusiast

1

in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability

1

we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes

1