jpdb beta

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

3

heartening; reassuring

6

to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain

1

one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn

1

lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid

4

to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

8

to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn

3

completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened

1

to spurn; to snub; to treat with contempt

1

replacement; substitution; rebuilding; changing

1

Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides); Cape jessamine; gardenia

2

to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers

1

inconvenient

5

to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

4

interruption; interference; butting in

2

last week; the week before

3

to make frantic efforts

5

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

3

bank; coast; shore

1

place to go; person to turn to; someone to depend on

1

small boat

1

to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit

2

clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave

23

disturbance; riot; mayhem

7

to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle

1

snapping (e.g. book shut); clapping; crackling; pachinko

1

serpent (snake) and scorpion; detestation

1

protection; repellent

1

to use and then throw away

2

remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful

3

to do a meritorious deed

1

for work; in a manner related to work

1

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

2

gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else

1

heigh-ho; heave-ho; hold on!; just a minute; la-la

1

one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha

3

delay; putting off; procrastination

3

treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning

2

to live through; to survive

1

food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement

7

ostentation; display

4

advantage

3

initiative

2

hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors

6

broad (view, perspective, etc.); wide; large

2

to detain; to take into custody

8

deadly serious; deadly earnest

2

synopsis; outline; plot

3

brainwashing

1

many obstacles; innumerable difficulties

1