jpdb beta

to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about

1

surface of the earth; ground surface

3

artificial island; man-made island

2

reactor

1

metabolism; renewal; regeneration; replacing the old with the new

1

glacier

1

receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)

3

to gush out

2

to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear

1

to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

1

watering hole; watering place

1

dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight

1

to pave the way; to put in motion; to put on the road (to)

1

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

2

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

2

softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)

1

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

4

to scrape off; to plane off

1

water (hydraulic) pressure

1

quantity or volume of water

1

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

30

timber from forest thinning; thinned wood

8

target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)

2

perfect; complete; flawless

1

five (long cylindrical things)

1

trough; gutter; water pipe; coulisse (of a sword blade)

2

support; stay; prop

4

rope; cord; policeman's rope

3

fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers

2

bow shape; arc; arch

1

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

1

warp; curvature; curve; arch

1

waterworks

1

plumbing; piping

1

aqueduct; water bridge

1

pipe; tube

1

spring water; clear (pure) water

1

saw; musical saw

2

axe; ax; hatchet

7

regarding highly; attaching importance to

3

tide; current; tendency; trend

1

sawmill; lumbermill

1

squared timber; rectangular lumber

1

to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart

1

wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond

2

in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business

1

pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course

1

drainspout; rain gutter

1

chief; main; principal; important

1

stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)

2