jpdb beta

if it's the case

3

both; both sides; both parties

2

selection; choice; choosing; picking; election

1

malicious; ill-tempered; unkind

2

to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

1

to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places

1

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

1

sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

2

to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up

1

to the end; to the last

2

well; now; then

2

to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

2

dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity

6

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

5

fry pan; frying pan

12

oil

1

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

1

grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

16

experiment

1

small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness

1

to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)

1

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

1

explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring

2

kind (of goods); brand; (taxonomical) form; breed; cultivar

2

success; hit

1

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

2

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

1

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

1

uh-oh; oops; sorry

1

cover; lid; cap

9

to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open

1

cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

1

water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap

1

expansion; swelling; increase; growth

1

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk

2

enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle

1

with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

11

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

3

in succession; one after another

1

to make a sound

1

to one's delight; to one's joy

1

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

2

to cease; to stop; to be over

2

to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)

1

how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

1

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

1

because of; owing to; due to

2

(stand to) attention!; standing at attention

1

snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie

2

perfect; complete; flawless

1