jpdb beta

cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather

1

fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies

1

early afternoon

1

to shine

1

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

1

to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it

1

curse; spell; malediction

1

because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

1

cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death

1

metal ring; metal hoop; trivet; train wheel; train

1

to bear fruit; to take effect

1

to curse someone to death; to put a deadly curse on someone

1

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

1

in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other

1

unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome

2

feel sick; feel unwell

1

placebo effect

1

hint; suggestion

1

action; operation; effect; function

1

end-of-year

3

small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses

1

concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works

1

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

1

beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings

1

intake (nutrients, calories, etc.); intake amount

1

marriage proposal; marriage talks

1

to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

1

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

1

love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections

1

blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank

1

plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention

1

to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse

2

manner of using one's hands

2

to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone

1

love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by

1

to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile

1

early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly

1

cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces

1

to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of

1

putting out the light; switching off the light

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

2

nine o'clock

1

crime; criminal act; offence; offense

1

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

1

to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

4

or; otherwise

1

looking for something; searching for something; object being sought

1

I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect

2

to pretend; to feign

3

smartphone; smart phone

1