jpdb beta

rule

9

to frown; to scowl

8

aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly

3

to go to see (something, someone); to visit

5

to count; to enumerate

6

knee-high socks

4

party name; name of a political party

1

top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes

3

middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

3

shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin

5

hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

5

seeming very ...

1

great difference; big difference; wide margin

3

to detest; to abhor; to loathe

1

category

2

to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

1

you could say that

8

prank; practical joke

1

angle

1

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

3

fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax

1

to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone

1

rather than (do ...)

7

study; research; investigation

8

immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to

2

to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

5

yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

1

gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps

1

itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy

1

to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious

1

height of prosperity

1

to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized

1

to spit out; to eject; to dump

1

root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base

4

envy

2

in the same way as; just like

3

cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

1

bull's-eye; the mark

3

to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

3

near oneself; close to one; familiar

2

to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback

6

to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up

2

picnic blanket

1

if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything

3

to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)

3

that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!

1

to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended

2

pride

3

walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)

1

to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world

6