jpdb beta

apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear

2

to await; to expect

5

Western painting; Western film; Western movie

1

safety; welfare; well-being

2

to put something on top of another thing; to superimpose

2

to beat to death; to kill

1

contradiction; inconsistency

5

image; figure; figure; form; image

2

flickering; blinking

4

to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

3

self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)

1

molars; back teeth

7

to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

6

top part; surface

1

falling object; fallen object

1

to mumble; to mutter

1

to look up

3

figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

12

being angry (suddenly)

1

to cause trouble (for); to have a bad effect (on)

1

one's person

3

to shrug one's shoulders

3

another meeting; meeting again; reunion

14

apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but

10

adult striped mullet; in the end; after all is said and done

1

to turn on power

2

sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

2

bowlegs; bandy legs

2

resin; (tobacco) resin; tar; sleep (in one's eyes, i.e. eye mucus)

1

inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)

6

swelling; bulge; puff

17

dagger; dirk

7

petty underling; small fry

1

amateur

2

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

19

to jump at; to be attracted by

10

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

6

wire netting; wire mesh; wire screen; chain-link mesh

4

physical strength; muscle strength

2

wire

1

to fit; to suit

1

next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)

1

rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled

2

to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

7

to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)

2

look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

3

exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)

1

to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter

1

kick

1