jpdb beta

expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC

4

duplication; to make redundant

1

license; licence

2

somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra

1

somewhat below; slightly below

1

to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out

3

phase

3

drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

2

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

1

simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping

2

coming and going; commuting

1

to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe

1

affectation; showiness; pretence

1

presentation

1

approximation; rough estimate; ballpark figure

1

to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

2

dubious; puzzled; suspicious

4

how long; how far; how much

3

to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun

1

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

3

to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)

1

to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

2

to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell

1

to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)

1

six copies; Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

1

general affairs

3

regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee

3

odd; strange; queer; peculiar

1

self-satisfied look; triumphant expression

1

unit price; unit cost

2

to throw on the fire; to burn

1

cooking class; cookery school

1

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

1

if so; in that case; in that situation

2

paper

1

economising; saving

1

another time; some other time

1

volcanic eruption

1

burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture

1

natural disaster; cataclysm

1

large explosion

1

tight skirt; straight skirt

1

pinioning; binding arms behind the back

1

back; rear; background; behind the scenes

3

harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment

1

moral harassment; workplace mobbing; workplace bullying; psychological harassment at the workplace

1

muttering voice; murmuring voice

1

fixed date; appointed day

2

to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

1