jpdb beta

Adele

9

frunk; front trunk (e.g. of a car)

6

to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business

8

employer

21

certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

1

to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered

2

behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct

1

to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

1

to get into a fight; to take up the gauntlet; to accept a challenge

1

profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

10

regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected

2

agreement; stipulation; contract

1

pride; boast

6

masochist

1

representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number

2

sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart

2

to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says

1

to speak frankly; to put things bluntly

3

sanity; consciousness; soberness

2

loveable; very likeable; like very much

2

flattery; compliment

1

mockery by means of excessive praise; damning with lavish praise; backhanded compliment

1

valid; effective; yuko (judo)

2

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

2

professional storyteller

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

9

to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

7

words of praise; eulogy; compliment

1

lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person

1

decision; determination

2

precautions; warnings; matters to be attended to; things to note; suggestions; hints

2

to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

5

rare; seldom

1

there being no use in arguing (about it)

2

rank; ranking order; hierarchy

1

to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

3

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

4

sympathy; compassion; pity

4

middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

3

to attempt; to test; to try out

17

to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected

1

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

21

estrangement; alienation; disaffection

1

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

5

to make an appearance

1

remnant; residue; remaining; left-over

2

to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down

1

eye color; eye colour

1

contempt

1

beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism

1