jpdb beta

to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over

4

result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)

6

so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?

5

against the rules

23

each and all; every single one; everybody

2

(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing

3

to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle

3

to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

1

in good health; alive and well; going strong

2

slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older

5

incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting

3

choral chanting; chanting in chorus (e.g. at a demonstration)

1

eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view

2

birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin

2

silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet

1

to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

8

very unlikely to ...; showing no signs of ...

1

good performance; good work; great success

3

purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce

2

soil fertility; soil quality; productivity of the soil

1

to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple

2

familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by

3

simplification

2

feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers

1

to besmirch; to sully

1

to take up space; to occupy space

1

chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

2

pair; the two; both persons; both things

6

nonchalant air; unruffled air

3

to become keen on; to get passionate about

1

to interrupt; to butt in

1

to clear away; to remove; to demolish

1

to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil

1

disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful

1

sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment

2

crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

2

closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)

3

to indicate; to show; to point to

2

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

3

final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding

2

home area; home town; local

4

repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback

1

overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest

2

no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as

3

all is well that ends well; it will all come good in the end; All's Well That Ends Well (play by Shakespeare)

1

to daub; to smear

1

to swing one's arms greatly while walking; to act freely; to be brazen

1

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

4

surprise; something unexpected

4

to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

1