jpdb beta

beginning (of a century, etc.)

1

abstract painting; abstract art

1

copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing

1

difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

1

Rorschach test; Rorschach inkblot test

1

reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup

2

medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose

2

abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess

2

swelling; enlargement

2

taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)

2

daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute

2

aircraft carrier

4

great enthusiasm; high excitement

2

to rant and rave; to raise hell

2

looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)

2

describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure

1

Twilight zone

1

to breathe out; to exhale

1

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

5

picking; collecting; harvesting

1

to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure

3

something or other; one thing or another; this or that

1

minutes (period of)

55

formal; courteous; ritual; ritualistic

1

to perceive; to understand

2

(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)

1

to chip off; to scrape off; to prune

1

compression; condensation; constriction; compaction

1

matter; thing; affair; circumstance

3

intellectual

1

head; brains; intellect; understanding

1

sly old dog; old fox

1

sharp and able person

1

vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse

1

waste of time; killing time

7

by force

1

paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of

1

way of talking; speaking style

2

to pay off completely (e.g. loan)

1

same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence

1

being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands

1

pose; pause

4

rock 'n' roll; rock and roll

4

capoeira

1

dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

1

master; teacher; stable master

1

sense of rhythm; rhythmical sense

1

to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

2

leather

2

bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

2