jpdb beta

selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage

1

to make sense

1

change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment

1

(smile) broadly

2

fine fellow

1

lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

1

tassel; fringe

1

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

1

to do

2

to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter

2

how long; how far; how much

1

income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts

1

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

9

boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive

1

how long; how far; how much

4

Venus (planet); thick silk thread; refined sugar; white rice jelly; variety of sweet potato

1

tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel

1

what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty

8

listen!; you see; mind you; remember

4

acquaintance

3

to put one's hand on; to touch

1

to incline one's head

1

crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

2

devious; cunning; sly; crafty

1

all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical

2

to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize

2

first meeting; first interview with

1

to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)

1

use; utilization; utilisation; application

5

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

1

having a dream

1

serious; earnest; honest; real; legit

1

easily; effortlessly; changing completely; plink (sound of something light falling or rolling)

1

oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

2

world; society; people; the public

1

distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)

1

among (them); of (them)

6

twelve; 12; queen

2

hard to understand; Byzantine fashion

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

6

menarche; first menstruation

1

crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation

1

close; intimate; on good terms

1

clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely

3

investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

6

in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period

1

to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

6

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

2

injury; harm; evil influence; damage

2

... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...

4