jpdb beta

wrinkle; crease; ripple

1

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

5

(not) one

1

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

1

accomplice; cohort

3

clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit

1

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

2

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

5

kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse

1

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

1

murder; killing; murderer

2

to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane

2

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

1

insistence; (major) emphasis; stress

1

reply; answer; response

3

night before last

2

scavenging for food

1

night flight (without paying); skipping out by night; moonlight flit

1

consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice

1

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

1

a bit more; a bit longer

2

out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly

1

unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious

1

spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour

2

to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble

1

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

5

abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping

1

advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus

1

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

1

to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with

1

-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of

2

ventilation hole; vent

1

trifles; minor details

1

intellectual

1

responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution

1

passion; temper; irritability

1

explosion; rupture; break off

2

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

3

to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

1

to watch intently; to stare

2

guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections

1

to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap

1

leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress

1

to bud; to sprout

1

to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out

1

divorce; dissolution of adoption

2

as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

1

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

1

conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation

2

to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

4