jpdb beta

powers of observation

1

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

2

perfection; flawlessness

2

hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

1

you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!

1

to have no chance (of succeeding)

3

having high information content; informative

1

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

5

support; backing; patronage

1

false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself

1

contradiction; inconsistency

1

unusual; serious; incomparable

2

skill

1

complete; whole; perfect; safe

1

well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!

1

final scene; the end; finale

1

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

1

sense; infer

1

insect; bug

1

feeler; antenna

1

organ (of body, plant, etc.)

1

exposed; scanty; bare; public; open

1

to speak; to say; to vocalize

5

insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness

1

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

5

state of mind; (one's) mental state

2

(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture

1

whether or not

1

success or failure; outcome; result

1

strategy; tactics

5

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

5

one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays

1

altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced

2

psychological warfare

1

to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

1

gradually; slowly but steadily

2

to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)

1

skirt

1

pistol; handgun; revolver

5

aperture; bore; calibre; caliber

1

model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)

1

article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price

1

tee-hee

4

angel

2

black lustre; black luster

1

paint

1

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

4

imitation

1

indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation

1

live bullets; live ammunition; ball cartridge; money

1