jpdb beta

steady; honest; sober; straightforward

3

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

2

to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

1

before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future

1

focusing on; paying attention to; observation; perception; taking notice of

1

conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover

2

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

1

passage; paragraph

1

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

1

wall clock; grandfather clock

1

two o'clock

5

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

6

excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you

5

pardon me for leaving (first)

1

backyard; background; room in a store or restaurant not open to customers (often storage room)

1

to change one's clothes

1

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

5

disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off

10

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

2

to grin

1

while; during (the time when)

2

to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless

1

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered

2

full portrait; whole aspect; full story

2

to perceive; to understand

3

confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

1

one by one; each; every; at intervals of

2

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

4

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

2

not yet; un-

1

fixed date; settlement date

5

day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

2

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

2

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

3

heartening; reassuring

1

avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

4

forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front

3

someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person

1

pace; step; cadence

2

to smile broadly; to grin widely

1

impression

5

dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); a liking for sake; one who likes sake; salty (taste); harsh; scathing

1

from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point

6

width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

1

yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill

4

patrol

1

what's the matter?; what's wrong?

2

patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman

6

unnatural death; accidental death; violent death

2