jpdb beta

to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far

1

joke; jest; gag

1

pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous

1

matter for the court; (ending up as a) lawsuit; legal tussle; court fight

1

connection; pull

2

practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection

3

to exert oneself; to make efforts

1

to sever relations (with someone; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)

2

rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom

1

to make a speech; to address

3

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

1

to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do

2

wine

1

to miss a meal; to lose the means to make one's livelihood

1

contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting

2

calculation; self-interest; selfishness

1

to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered; to roll one's eyes up and down

2

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

1

here and there; in places

1

getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

3

appearing all together

1

searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly; house hunting

3

flagrante delicto; caught red-handed

1

union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)

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wine glass

1

to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down

1

mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth

1

easily; readily; with ease; without trouble

1

being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge

1

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

1

to sniff out; to get wind of

3

eye-witness; witness

1

patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)

1

rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly

1

to accuse someone; to charge someone

2

house hunting

1

professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat

2

nice person; good-natured person

1

to scatter; to blow about; (arch.) to spread a rumor; (arch.) to talk around

1

kidnapping; kidnaping

3

jingle; ding; ringing of small bells

1

gold coin

5

moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)

2

to keep a watchful eye on

1

to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of

1

motive; incentive; motif

1

cunning (acquired with age); astute; crafty; sly; wily

1

to pin a crime on

2

copying; duplication; reproduction; copy

1

outside the school; outside the university; unaffiliated with the university; off-campus; extramural

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