jpdb beta

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

1

good performance; good work; great success

1

monochrome

1

white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd

1

to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

2

photographer; photograph-taker; filmer; recorder

4

to shake; to sway; to waver

1

stability; steadiness; equilibrium

2

caressing; loving dearly

1

from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado

1

right end; right edge

2

clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather

1

contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

1

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

1

to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun

1

parent and child

1

to turn off power

1

moonlight

2

both governments

1

head; leader; top; (arch.) important part

1

fatal; lethal

1

entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission

1

to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation

1

to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear

1

the other day; lately; recently

1

to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names

1

to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped

1

dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle

1

one-to-one; one-on-one

1

it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but

1

unbearable; intolerable; insufferable

1

suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle

1

eavesdropping; tapping

1

that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so

1

to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

1

pride

3

timid; faint of heart

1

hysteria

1

ordinary (esp. life or behavior); typical; conventional; standard; average

1

personal relations

1

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

1

to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan

1

nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib

1

just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable

1

(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence

1

unnatural; affected; studied; forced

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.)

2

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

1

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

1

to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever

1