jpdb beta

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

4

same village; same town; same province

1

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

2

skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

3

castle

8

call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question

1

story; tale; talk; discussion

4

promising without due consideration

1

having many difficulties in store; grim prospects

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

secret; private; surreptitious

3

something; some kind of; for some reason

1

to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

2

grimace; sullen face

1

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

1

plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation

5

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

2

to contribute jointly

1

to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

1

long desk; long table

1

conference room; council room

1

array; muster; line-up; full force

1

delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome

2

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

7

meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

1

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

4

with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)

1

to point at

3

to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

2

whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

1

prohibition; inhibition; ban

1

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

2

desk

1

to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)

2

(really) terrible; awful; (very) nasty; (extremely) harsh; severe

1

participation; joining; entry; adherence

2

there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much

3

without a moment's delay

1

thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab

2

idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

3

consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion

1

um; er; nuh-uh; no; oof

6

idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely

1

without

1

forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

3

every time; each round

1

grandiose; exaggerated

3

high praise; great admiration; rave reviews

1

rejection; dismissal

7

to rank next to; to come after

1