jpdb beta

throne

1

old couple; elderly couple

1

legend; folklore; tradition

2

guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)

1

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

1

babysitter

2

armchair; chair with arm rests; senior staff

1

to kill time

9

social life; social intercourse

1

sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness

2

to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through

2

prickling; stinging; tingling

3

to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)

1

to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline

3

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

6

morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)

1

daily meals; three regular meals a day

1

word for word; verbatim; literally

1

to check; to stop; to keep back

7

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

2

dark (menswear) suit (midnight blue, black, etc.)

6

volume retailer; mass marketer; emporium

3

stingy; cheap; very frugal

1

to put on (clothing); (lit.) to put (one's arms) through the sleeves

1

to iron; to do the ironing

4

amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities

2

line graph

1

actor; actress; player; performer

1

buzz cut; close crop

2

shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties

1

right eye

1

cut; gash; incision

1

to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop

2

hunting

1

beast; brute; animal

6

eyeball

7

strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance

2

close-cropped hair; shaven head

165

leader; leading figure

1

objective; aim; mark

3

for use of customers or guests

2

to leave space (between)

1

to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)

5

to insert; to put between; to tuck (into)

2

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

3

ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat

1

close contest; close match; close game; close combat

1

control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker

1

diagonal (line)

1

double play

1