jpdb beta

recessive gene

6

head over heels; headlong; head first

1

liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point

5

cloud of dust

1

sideslip; skid; shifting to another post (at the same level); sideways move (at a company); sliding sideways down a slope (skiing)

1

to crawl out of; to creep out of

2

lady; (female) pervert

1

hybrid

12

roadway

1

light source

1

inspection; examination; check

2

prefectural road

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

6

ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base

1

to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical

1

U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)

2

platform truck; hand truck; trolley; (railway) truck; bogie; flatcar

1

identification papers; ID; piece of identification; identity document

1

wide area; wide view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-out view

1

blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)

2

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

5

affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble

2

journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling

1

still; as yet; as it has been

1

helicopter

22

to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

2

car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto

2

dwindling; declining; diminishing; tapering (to a point)

1

feeler; tentacle

2

name; title

1

urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once

1

temporary; provisional; to do something temporarily (esp. build temporary facilities); to do something provisionally

14

tent

9

half the number; haploid

11

same level; same extent

2

lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)

2

to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing

1

factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions

2

remarkable; striking; obvious

1

infamous; notorious

1

opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset

2

to grumble; to gripe; to complain

3

fertilization; fertilisation; impregnation; pollination; insemination

3

cell division

1

babies born on October 10, supposedly conceived on New Year's Day; normal gestation time (i.e. 9 months)

1

to rampage; to run riot

4

magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

3

weaning

1

mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend); position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred; women's college

1