jpdb beta

to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)

2

endurance; perseverance; patience

1

doing one's duty

1

with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly

2

iron plate; steel plate; sure thing; certain winner

1

eeny, meeny, miny, moe; eenie, meenie, minie, moe

1

burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite

1

to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)

1

on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually

1

to join forces; to cooperate

1

one-to-one; one-on-one

1

to knit (one's eyebrows); to furrow; to contract

1

accessory case

1

falling asleep; going to sleep

1

both; together; jointly; simultaneously

1

talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish

2

to change completely; to change suddenly

1

electric fan

1

to ride upon the winds

4

to repaint; to paint again; to paint (a different colour); to change completely; to break (a record); to redraw (e.g. the map)

2

rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom

1

lecture

1

stage setting

2

to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

2

theatre; theater; playhouse

1

mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box

2

deus ex machina

1

"it was all a dream"-ending

1

manager; executive

1

kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)

1

the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like

1

blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement

1

being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out

3

bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition

1

to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

1

to take into consideration; to use one's discretion

1

nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

2

French kiss

2

condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); concentration; condensation (of a vapour or gas)

1

syrup

1

groin; thigh; crotch; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

1

screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring

1

famous utensil; excellent utensil; famed musical instrument (e.g. a Stradivarius); excellent musical instrument; excellent vagina; formidable vulva

1

to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered

2

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

2

lower grade; low class; junior (officer)

1

to poison (someone); to prepare a poison

1

oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then

2

aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)

1

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

2