jpdb beta

exercise

1

dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled

1

upper body

2

to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)

1

posture; stance

1

catercorner; diagonally opposite

1

pose; pause

1

to compare with the eye

1

pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable

1

American comics

1

pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency

1

sound effect

1

to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

5

calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry

4

rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)

3

tail (animal); tail end; tip

1

patient; having a long fuse

1

one's superior's anger; imperial wrath

1

fire; flame; blaze

3

to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over

1

fastest

1

corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

1

calm; composed; cool; quiet

1

animal; beastly; carnal; sensual; brute

1

sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

1

tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst

1

heredity; (genetic) inheritance

1

aunt; old lady; ma'am

2

looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)

1

common hill mynah (Gracula religiosa); hill myna; myna bird

1

boiling point

1

chicken; chicken game; chicken race

1

bump; lump; protuberance; swelling

1

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

1

to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

2

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

1

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

2

to be born; to come into the world

1

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

3

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

1

to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated

1

slim; slender; slight; delicate

2

line

1

having a crush on someone; flushing

1

to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile

1

noh mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy); dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy); terrifying facial expression

1

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

3

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

4

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

2

to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)

2