jpdb beta

to shrug one's shoulders

1

puzzle; problem

1

ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury

18

to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty

3

preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward

2

penalty

1

reason; right

4

to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps

1

to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

2

to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

12

washing-up; dish-washing

3

sponge

2

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

6

air con; air conditioner; air conditioning

6

dishwashing; doing dishes

4

fresh cream

8

to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many

3

catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water

1

washbasin; washstand

1

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

2

spittoon

5

senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

16

mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

5

to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

1

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

3

trip; excursion; (drug) trip; tripcode

2

... all over again (repeating the same failure)

1

dancing; dance

1

astronomy

2

certain victory

1

prayer (for something); supplication

1

mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp

3

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

2

being startled; getting a shock

5

racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles

5

after; later

6

convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

1

low blood pressure

3

to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin

6

sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

2

to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)

3

salty sea breeze; salt wind

1

to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)

2

commencing with; including

1

majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

1

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

4

a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

9

double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid

3

premature; untimely (e.g. death); early

5

unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very

1