jpdb beta

intercept; interception; counter-attack

1

attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness

1

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

1

door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

2

discovery; detection; finding

1

infancy; childish; infantile; immature

1

only extant copy; only existing copy

1

feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace

1

to warm; to heat

1

incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

2

toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often

2

hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste

1

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

1

to assemble; to set up; to construct

1

dubious; puzzled; suspicious

1

incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

1

vending machine

1

hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar

2

to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high

1

to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto

1

to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

1

verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words

1

deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet

1

to stare in wonder; to be amazed

2

to answer a question

1

already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast

1

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

1

reliance; dependence

1

to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

1

nice; good; well-executed

1

to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse

1

light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)

2

light bulb

1

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

5

orthodox

1

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

1

surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully

1

vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept

1

suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up

2

rather; sooner; preferably

2

flood; flooding

1

dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops

1

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

1

prediction; estimation

1

against; contrary to

1

departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

1

I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead

1

to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly

1

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

1