jpdb beta

to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

1

odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting

1

how (can); by what means

2

idiotic; dolt; bonehead

3

place; room; margin; scope

5

shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!

2

purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used

1

only; nothing but

1

gossip; idle talk; chat

1

to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward

1

sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful

3

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

1

vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

1

function; facility; faculty; feature

2

to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts

3

reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)

3

to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up

1

to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits

7

to fetch; to go and get

1

good idea

1

singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares

1

idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

1

superior; superiors; senior

2

ill-bred; poorly brought up

1

savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised

2

imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion

1

to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue

1

optimistic; hopeful

1

to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with

3

to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)

1

unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy

1

feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly

5

foundation; root; basis; root and trunk

1

standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)

3

to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)

1

whatever

1

to bear fruit

1

supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

5

beyond that point; after that

8

throat; singing voice

2

unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled

4

(I) won't say anything no matter what; to be unwilling to tell even under threat

2

all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious

1

to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again

2

to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince

2

blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice

3

intention; idea; inclination; wish

4

solution; solution strategy

1

idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

6

cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.

2