jpdb beta

skill; proficiency; dexterity; flattery

7

conscientious; reasonable (e.g. price); honest; honorable

3

price decision; price setting; pricing

3

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

11

dry run; rehearsal

11

reference; allusion

4

feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke

1

clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude

3

to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

8

lecture

30

resolution of an incident; solution to a (criminal) case

6

exhausted; worn out; battered (esp. of clothing); worn out; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash

5

boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings

3

to leave behind; to misplace; to forget

2

otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense

1

Monica; Monika

103

red spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis

16

working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)

4

high score

2

to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal

1

training (esp. in-service); induction course

6

(plant) bulb

1

to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct

1

inconspicuous; unobtrusive; low-profile

1

single woman; spinster

1

shake; shock

1

external injury; external wound; (physical) trauma

3

collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street

1

disorder; disturbance; unrest

2

stolen goods; stolen article; loot; spoils

3

to collapse on the street (from illness, hunger, exhaustion, etc.); to fall down dead on the road

2

day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by

5

waxing and waning (of the Moon)

1

half-moon; half a month; semicircle

12

to speak ill of; to disparage

1

bad deed; evil deed

1

creed; belief; conviction; article of faith

1

serial murders

9

hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable

1

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

1

grief; lamentation

5

to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss

4

knowing no bounds; showing no signs of stopping or slowing down

1

not only

2

to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)

8

to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise

4

headquarters; head office; main office

12

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

1

sadness; sorrow; grief

1

speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)

8