jpdb beta

bush hammer

1

resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace

4

one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face

3

to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do

3

secret

6

to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly

4

male god; male deity

48

to cross one's mind; to occur to one

16

child one is expecting; child in one's womb

1

to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

6

logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel

1

to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage

5

investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

3

to become inverted; to become reversed

1

advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus

2

taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains

3

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

6

splish-splash; with a splash; click-click (of a camera shutter); with a click; with a snap

1

to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate

1

feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles

2

messenger; envoy; emissary

2

intruder; infiltrator

1

vengeance; revenge; retaliation

2

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

1

last days; the end; one's fate

6

attachment; love

2

to hate each other; to hate mutually

1

to miss; to yearn for

4

quiet; still; calm

2

very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded

1

the ... after next; two ... later; two ... after

1

10,000; ten thousand

1

to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind

3

to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out

2

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

3

to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls

3

grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

7

terrified; horrified

3

to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)

5

this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

7

in the end; on top of that

1

to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to

1

to redeem (from sin); to save

2

to cross swords (with)

1

bee; wasp; hornet

5

shape; form

2

beautiful; gorgeous

4

weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)

1

to put one's strength into

6

placement; fixed position; mapping out; location

1