jpdb beta

to mail a letter

1

silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling

8

devastating; catastrophic; crushing

1

plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act

1

vomit; spew; puke; confessing

4

unskilled; incompetent; poor; bad

1

to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe

1

wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool

2

taste; palate; sense of taste

2

otherwise; if not; or else

4

nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

4

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain

4

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

1

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

3

act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major

1

grand; heroic; sublime; fierce

2

never mind!; don't worry about it

1

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

3

to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

5

mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

6

eagle (Accipitridae family)

1

breast; udder

2

to pluck; to pick; to tear

2

meditation; contemplation

1

comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

4

chess

14

hypothesis; supposition; assumption

1

to make a move; to move a piece (e.g. in shogi)

1

drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene

5

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

2

rule

1

to be beaten hollow; to be argued into silence

1

being argued into silence; being left speechless

4

defeating in an instant; instant kill

1

to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss

2

sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

2

king

1

small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person

2

measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

2

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

2

(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

1

to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly

1

arm wrestling; Indian wrestling; wrestling relying on brute strength (of the arms), rather than skill

2

elbow

3

back of the hand

4

defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

1

primitive; original

1

all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy

5

day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by

1