jpdb beta

failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

1

to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

3

leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle

3

to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen

2

cocoon

1

amoeba

2

indeterminate form; undefined; indefinite; unstructured

1

predation; eating prey; preying upon

1

to feel as though ...

1

bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste

1

to grumble about something (trivial)

1

point-blank range

5

glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant

1

one foot; one leg

1

exposed skin between top of knee-high socks and hemline of skirt

1

part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)

1

aliteracy; loss of interest in or shift away from reading (especially serious) books or literature

1

social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society

1

reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)

1

steel; steal (baseball, basketball); still (picture)

1

bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse

1

binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money

1

to dissolve; to melt

2

term-end exam; end-of-term test; finals

1

to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with

3

symbol; code; sign; notation

1

pi

1

X; x; unknown quantity; an unknown

1

straight line; beeline

1

advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person

1

intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...

3

to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless

1

to keep silent

3

shyness

1

being startled; getting a shock

1

to have sex; to have a physical relationship

1

moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression

1

rib; frame (of a ship)

5

heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle

1

to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)

2

snuggling; nuzzling; cuddling

1

to triumph; to be elated with success

1

fur

2

absentmindedly; vacantly; carelessly

1

check mark; tick mark

1

to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)

1

guidance

2

cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)

2

column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

1

attitude to life; form of existence; way of life

2