jpdb beta

cuff; armhole

1

stable

1

investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

1

stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company

4

owner of a horse (esp. racehorse); registered owner (of a racehorse)

3

short course; training

4

to creep up; to ride up

1

transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety

1

hill; height; knoll; rising ground

1

the future; future prospects

3

to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)

1

mobilization; mobilisation

1

ancient people

2

continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

6

polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

2

to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away

1

reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance

2

prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed

4

slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling

1

on ice

1

reply; response; answer

3

revision

2

canter (horse gait)

1

bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink

1

direction

1

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

2

Golden Bat (Japanese tobacco brand)

3

short joke; quick one-liner; one-shot joke

1

to hold fast; to protect to the end

1

rider

1

perfect obsession; personal fixation; addiction to (something matching one's tastes)

2

someone (something) not to be trifled with

1

charge (electrical); recharging; charge (fee); topping up (a contactless smart card); recharging; refuelling; charge

3

pouring; injection

2

watch (timepiece); watch (turn to watch or guard something); watching; watch cap

1

patrol

1

quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined

3

drink

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

1

to establish; to formulate

2

clique; clan; faction

1

to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush; to be infatuated

1

in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance

1

finally; in the end; on top of all that

1

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

3

taking advantage of (a convenient situation)

2

to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far

1

Bambi

1

shopping centre; shopping center; mall

1

window-gazing; window-shopping

1