jpdb beta

blackboard

1

eraser; rubber

1

to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)

1

establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration

1

to buy a replacement; to replace by buying something new

1

melodic ring tone

2

suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle

1

chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue

1

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

1

noise

1

tear-stained face

1

smiling face

1

to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective

1

arch; home run

1

to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled

1

to start singing

1

smartphone; smart phone

2

preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)

1

change; conversion; transformation; transformation

1

text format

1

editing; compilation

1

publisher; publishing house; publishing company

2

precisely because

1

normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty

1

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

1

vast; limitless; boundless

1

thousands

1

stir; commotion; noise

1

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

1

notification; pre-1886 administrative order

1

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

1

to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do

1

novelist; fiction writer

3

to start writing; to begin (a book, letter, etc.)

1

manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution

2

one's high school days

1

to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)

1

living by oneself; living alone

1

apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment

4

leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered

1

income; receipts; revenue

1

end; edge; tip

1

Rookie of the Year award

1

a certain ...

1

to accumulate one's unpublished paintings or writings

1

after graduation

1

ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)

1

to be inclined to do; to be willing to do

1

taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)

1