jpdb beta

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

1

packing; wrapping

1

one-eyed; first (in a series); initial

1

cacao; cocoa

1

to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

1

youthful; young; young-looking

1

sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue

1

old wound; scar; old unpleasant incident; past misdeed

1

careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering

2

reliance; dependence

1

band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)

1

first step

1

secret; private; surreptitious

2

to be pretentious; to put on airs

1

(two-page) spread; two pages opposite each other

2

padded kimono

1

rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

1

how; in what way; circumstances

1

filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)

1

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

1

to spread (flames)

1

emotional

1

true seal (animal); earless seal

18

properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly

1

three-way deadlock

1

by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally

1

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

1

to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone

2

escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism

1

to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to

1

to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt

1

to pierce; to penetrate; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice); to feel keenly; to make a deep impression

2

conclusion; decision; end; settlement

1

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

1

already read

1

studying very hard; studying like mad

1

standing signboard; billboard; hoarding

1

busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses

1

to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down

1

persuasion

1

muddy water; red-light district

2

ocean; large sea; fabric pattern

1

disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress

1

restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope

1

whatever the case; under any circumstances

1

chomping; gulping; with a big bite

1

hedge; fence; border; limit

1

beach; foreshore

1

in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)

1

floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy

3