jpdb beta

matter; thing; affair; circumstance

4

furthermore; even more

6

to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)

1

bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer

1

kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes

1

mask; disguise; guise; mask

2

up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

2

months and years

3

self-containment

1

to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")

1

spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)

1

victim

5

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

1

souvenir; memento

2

European magpie (Pica pica)

1

afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time

2

going to bed; retiring (for the night)

2

to catch one's attention

2

what

2

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

4

to the last; persistency; thoroughness

5

to be in danger of; to be liable to

1

field of vegetables; market garden; truck garden; vegetable garden; kitchen garden

3

to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated

2

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

8

mouthpiece

2

mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling

2

goggles

4

to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over

1

to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower

1

female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife

1

tingling; stinging; pungently

1

grim face; angry look

1

busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety

1

to shed blood

2

place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

2

scratch; scratch mark

2

grapefruit

1

to pulsate; to throb

2

OK; okay

1

from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth

1

in a bad temper; cranky; crabby

1

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

4

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

2

thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp

2

to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air

3

to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle

1

pruning shears

1

to knock back; to strike back; to beat in revenge

1

successfully; with success

1