jpdb beta

to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of

1

as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...

2

to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped

7

office (e.g. the Oval Office)

2

to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down

1

bento; Japanese box lunch

1

style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

5

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

1

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

5

ruler; measure

1

mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

2

charity; philanthropy

1

pity; compassion

2

fabrication; pipe dream

1

strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

9

attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession

16

consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp

5

way; method; means; resource; course

2

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

3

to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square

4

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

4

General Staff Headquarters

1

eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg

1

avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

15

to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

5

call; visit

3

at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

1

document; official papers

1

office

1

to invite in; to usher in

1

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

1

you

40

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

2

spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop

1

rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission

1

rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless

3

nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement

3

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

8

wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue

1

spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

3

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

3

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

2

thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts

2

to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

6

denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

4

grinning; smirking

4

crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)

5

I; me

113

your Highness; his Highness; her Highness

20