jpdb beta

disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus

1

selection; choice; option

5

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

2

to be worried; to be troubled

1

behind; in the rear; in back

2

to make somebody move

1

meanwhile; in the meantime

1

processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal

1

under investigation; under consideration; under review; pending (decision, etc.); awaiting verification

1

suspicious

1

-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of

1

sharp voice

1

off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory

1

to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of

1

discretion; judgement

1

achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service

1

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

1

feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy

1

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

4

at any rate; anyhow

2

to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape

1

clattering; rattling

1

motive; incentive; motif

1

cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous

2

nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty

2

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

1

stealthily; secretly; in secret

2

luckily

1

to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

2

to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer

1

to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

1

bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)

1

substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice

1

to gain time; to play for time; to buy time

2

surreptitious glance; looking furtively

1

discrimination; discernment; identification

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

3

to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with

1

birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

1

underworld; underside of society

1

brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark

1

naivete; simplicity; innocence

1

youth; springtime of life; adolescent

1

rejoicing; glorification; exultation; celebration; enjoyment; singing praises

1

wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood

1

to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)

1

to take someone's life; to kill someone

1

to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

2

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

1

precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

1