jpdb beta

Barone; Vallone

1

heresy

1

to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished

1

to interlace; to interweave

2

Apple cake

5

thick soup

1

bathwater

1

four stars (rating)

1

Mercator

18

loser

3

delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient

3

by any means (possible); somehow

1

one's esteemed friend

1

skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery

1

twenty; 20

1

well-known and unknown; somebodies and nobodies; both famous and humble

1

sharply; harshly; stingingly

1

Marchand

103

billowing (clouds, dust)

1

cannot contain one's anger; can't contain myself; staying angry

3

oracle

1

one star (rating); evening star; morning star

7

nourishment

2

air chair; wall sit; exercise mimicking sitting in a chair; chain of people sitting on each other's laps

1

cleaning up; washing up

6

Calm

1

to come off; to slip down; to slip off

2

curtain-raiser; prologue

1

mild; mild-mannered; gentle

1

clothespin; clothes peg

2

to appoint; to assign; to designate

1

high-risk, high-return

1

pentatonic scale

1

good at fighting; usually wins a fight

1

to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing

2

Tio

1

Inkiyo

1

registration fee

2

burn hole; scorch

1

ten best people (in a particular field)

1

baby tooth; milk tooth; first set of teeth

1

Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze

1

restaurant; specialist

1

meal (food, ground grain); Mir (Russian space station); meel; Indian club

1

within eyeshot; within sight; in view

1

lively; merry; gay

5

focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)

1

rain shower

1

as (one) walks on, and on

1

to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard

1