jpdb beta

horrible; deadly; punishing; murderous

1

explosion; rupture; break off

3

to not take seriously; to take lightly

1

hair on the back of one's head

1

to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish

1

gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish

1

to cross one's legs

2

to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

1

strategy meeting; council of war

1

restless; fidgety; in a hurry

1

I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt

1

to cry and shout; to scream

3

stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded

1

not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options

1

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

1

imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

1

useless; deadhead

1

profiling

1

near-death experience

1

ancestor; forefather; foremother

1

verbalizing; putting into words

1

pinpoint

1

to be lacking in options; to be too few

1

substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)

1

input mode

1

suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit

1

adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing

2

formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff

1

program (e.g. TV); programme

2

generally

2

to tune in to a channel; to switch to a channel

1

bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

1

city council

1

relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting

1

to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)

2

member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress

3

stern expression; severe expression; grim expression

1

being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability

1

at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)

1

examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test

2

making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)

2

chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)

2

telop; television opaque projector; device used to broadcast onscreen text (e.g. subtitles, captions); onscreen text and images (e.g. subtitles, captions, scrolling tickers, logos)

1

recent years

1

crime rate

1

increase; rise; growth; addition; increment

1

to continue (going along some trend)

1

head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir

1

duty; obligation

2