jpdb beta

no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise

1

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

1

black cat

3

severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious

1

injury; harm; evil influence; damage

1

ordinary; sensible; commonplace

1

way; method; means; resource; course

1

nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown

2

that; the matter in question

1

eccentric; crank; oddball

2

groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)

1

regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat

1

national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic

1

casino

22

black market

1

historic; historical

1

boisterously; roughly; briskly

2

to worry; to fret; to get anxious

1

to transcribe; to copy

1

customer traffic; customers; custom

1

edged tool; cutlery

2

the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique

3

change of tone; variation (music); irregularity; modulation (in radio)

1

home delivery

2

to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry

1

patting; stroking; caressing

4

pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

1

some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')

1

to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip

1

in that manner; like that

1

to look young; to seem young

2

expressing oneself without words or gestures; force of personality

1

dawn

1

trip story; vacation story

2

elegant; lively but restrained; quietly beautiful

1

folding fan

1

tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of

3

champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero

1

how (can); by what means

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

1

seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways

1

shawl

1

gracefully; affectedly; mincingly

1

to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify

2

founder of a religious sect

2

creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention

2

pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked

1

scar

2

swiftness of foot; fast runner; swift horse; fleet steed

7

hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam

1