jpdb beta

thread; yarn; string

35

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

2

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

4

oil

17

so much; so; like that

5

cultivation

2

compressor; press

4

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

2

pressure; compression

1

comparison

1

consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion

1

safflower oil

1

sunflower oil

1

acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand

3

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

3

safflower (Carthamus tinctorius); dyer's safflower

1

sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

1

marble

5

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

3

kneading; gloss; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals

6

pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously

14

the best; ideal

1

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

10

kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like

5

charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage

3

dyeing; staining; dyed colour (color)

2

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

1

each (person); everyone; individual; respective

1

to carry in; to bring in

9

to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend

1

breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)

4

aunt; old lady; ma'am

2

killing two birds with one stone

2

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

2

one's home; one's house

3

double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

5

visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern

1

chimney sweeping (cleaning)

1

(romantic) love

1

slave; servant; slavery

2

to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy

1

fireplace; hearth; stove

3

stove; furnace; kiln

2

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

1

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

1

to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

6

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

3

human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem

1

seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop

8

bed

6