jpdb beta

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

7

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

6

Alan (member of an ancient Scythian people)

3

specifications; specs

6

trivial; not amounting to much

1

special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity

5

to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down

4

departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

1

to attack; to assault; to assail

4

conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence

3

quick-wittedness; tact

1

Stefanie; Stephanie

3

thrust; stab; tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo); tsuki; thrust to the chest

1

reaching; attaining; arrival

2

snappingly; with a snap

1

thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.

1

chink in the armor (armour)

2

by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking

1

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

2

the end

1

to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

1

someone (something) not to be trifled with

1

self; the ego

4

to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

2

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

2

beast; brute; animal

2

complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective

1

pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

1

children

2

hand puppet; glove puppet

1

correct answer

2

being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

3

unlike; unique; unusual

1

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

2

greeting; a fine thing to say

1

with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out

3

carefree; free from worry

1

virile; tough; masculine; intense

1

allosaurus; allosaur

3

jewellery worn at the neck or collar of Western clothing (brooch, necklace, choker, etc.); necktie

1

horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)

3

styracosaurus (dinosaur)

2

intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...

2

pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide

2

regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion

1

first year of elementary school; first year elementary school student

2

reading with pleasure

1

daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision

1

simple; brief

1

10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

2