jpdb beta

uniform

1

dream for the future; hopes for the future

1

professional

8

baseball player; ballplayer

1

to bear fruit

1

search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation

2

to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain

2

pleasant; agreeable; comfortable

4

opening and shutting

1

replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching

1

neighbouring house; neighboring house

2

all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly

3

slip-on shoe

2

partition board; plank used as a partition; board used in a ship to prevent the cargo from moving around

2

to be exposed to wind

1

unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time

22

conflagration; fire

2

you could say that

1

to look upwards; to look up

3

muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake

4

compromise; giving in

2

really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way

4

clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion

2

stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause

2

tilefish (Branchiostegus spp.); blanquillo; horse-head fish

4

to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)

3

clear; bright; sunny

1

inner heart

2

strike (i.e. industrial action)

3

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

2

to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent

4

field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons

3

to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference

1

shadow; tail; following

4

lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

7

staff room

26

direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person

4

to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up

1

to raid; to launch an attack; to invade

2

to think too much; to be over-concerned

2

brains; brain tissue

2

it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all

1

straightforward approach; playing it straight; fair deal

1

(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

2

after having come this far; now that we've come this far

1

suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; unexpectedly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly

1

creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)

1

to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)

1

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

4

brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)

3