jpdb beta

deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA

1

to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt

1

trance; ecstasy; enthusiasm

2

overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; over the top; over par

8

seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

8

rain

8

to be something familiar

1

word; vocabulary

3

to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)

5

succession to another's professional name

1

uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently

4

beginner

2

degree of difficulty

1

development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life

1

transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child

1

oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition

1

vast; limitless; boundless

1

lost; to lose

5

topmost

4

omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor

4

by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

12

tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

2

one of these days; someday; one day

2

to govern; to manage; to subdue

2

by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn

2

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

5

strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough

1

to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care

1

honey

1

near; nearby; not far off

2

to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)

1

staying out overnight without giving notice; spending night(s) away from home without permission (leave)

1

concocting an alibi

1

going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state

3

eight o'clock

6

rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable

1

period of time; time slot; time zone

1

blanching; bleaching

1

sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

5

bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick

1

to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into

1

to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk

1

luckily; happily

1

half a lifetime

1

scrubbing brush; scourer

1

to scrape off; to rub off

1

bell (often globular)

10

end; termination point

1

happy ending

1

just as one thought; as usual; sure enough

2