jpdb beta

long; drawn-out; very long

1

timewise; temporal; chronal

1

back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer

1

to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up

1

to control foreigners by foreigners; to play one barbarian state against another

1

popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for

4

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)

1

one's eyes; (pair of) eyes

3

tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard

1

whole face; all over one's face

1

heartening; reassuring

2

state of emergency

1

one's home; one's house

1

air-raid shelter; bomb shelter

1

food

2

to giggle

1

tiny breasts

2

personal grudge; personal enmity

1

to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

1

where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually

1

inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration

1

to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

2

form; method; system; formula

1

analog; analogue

1

taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride

1

whispered conversation; whispering

1

concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)

2

in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones

1

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

6

order; sequence; procedure

1

grim face

2

radio (communication); wireless; not using wires

2

(wireless) transceiver; radio; walkie-talkie

2

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

2

long (time that has passed); old (story)

1

angrily; in a huff; in anger; high on marijuana

1

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull

1

lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)

4

hair; ornamental hairpin

1

to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)

1

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

2

impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)

3

gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)

1

subordinate person

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

3

Pau (France); Poe; Po (river in Italy)

1

crazy; disturbed; mad

1

ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting

1

to do someone in; to bump someone off

2

quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly

1