jpdb beta

committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting

1

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

3

someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel

1

as it is; frankly

1

listener's role

1

to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

1

amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal

1

consistently; unchangingly; throughout

1

to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case

1

twins

1

concrete

1

stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce

1

smelting furnace; blast furnace

1

to throw into

1

making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt

1

uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently

1

to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath

1

inhuman person; fiend; beast; brute

1

to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together

1

deep meditation; mature consideration

1

look!; there!; here!; that is

1

organic; coordinated; working in a coordinated fashion

1

to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

1

meaningless; pointless

4

to act suspiciously; to behave in a strange way

1

to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)

1

pale; pallid

3

west

16

very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented

2

to be fated to; be linked by fate

2

whereabouts

2

shocking

1

vertical line; bar line (e.g. in music)

1

thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder

1

openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight

2

distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process

2

hay fever; pollinosis (allergy to pollen)

1

weeping for joy; crying with happiness

1

weeping; lamenting

2

to be kind to; to treat kindly

2

iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow

1

mule

2

shock; tremor; impact; vibration

1

palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap

2

maximum

1

heaven's punishment; divine punishment; well-deserved punishment; just punishment

3

to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

2

to make an appearance

2

practice game; practice match; scrimmage; workout

2