jpdb beta

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

2

near; close; beside; third person

1

to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on

3

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

2

human face

7

craftsman; skilled artisan

2

to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy

2

eagle (Accipitridae family)

2

stirring; slight movement

1

continuous; unbroken; ceaseless

1

to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

1

sphinx

174

famous; fame

5

inhabiting; living

2

rare; uncommon; rare; lightly cooked; rhea (bird of family Rheidae); Rhea (Greek goddess)

4

civilization; civilisation; enlightenment

1

not exactly correct, but pretty close to it; not far off the mark

1

first meeting; first contest between

1

ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier

3

fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification

76

(arch.) I; you

10

four (long cylindrical things)

19

three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)

21

population; common talk

2

becoming well-known; becoming common knowledge

1

classical; classic

1

over the top; thickly; heavily; richly

1

whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless

1

origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

1

hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam

1

shoji (paper sliding door)

1

to adjoin each other; to sit side by side

2

in this case

1

to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

1

modus operandi; criminal technique; trick

2

height (of body); stature

3

to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure

1

reduced scale; scaling down

2

victory; triumph; conquest; success; win

8

about the same; about equal to; close match

1

voluminous; massive; bulky

2

with a vroom; with a sudden shaking

2

indicates emphasis

1

emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point

2

interruption (e.g. of a conversation)

3

carefully; with caution

2

to stretch (one's body)

1

very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly

5

oh goodness!; I say!

1

to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise; to take a dig at

1