jpdb beta

make-up; makeup; cosmetics

3

darkness

1

moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

5

to shave

2

to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)

2

perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime

2

female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)

11

brand; mark

1

melody; tune

4

selection; choice; choosing; picking; election

16

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

6

stranger; outsider

3

ginger (Zingiber officinale)

2

interest (in something); enthusiasm

2

someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)

4

to entrust; to leave to a person

5

brass band

1

person who laughs a lot

1

stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

10

to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete

2

to rely on

1

timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)

2

service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free

7

to win; to gain victory

16

we; us

1

to cause a person trouble

1

to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained

1

to go; to come

28

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

4

curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)

1

last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)

1

I; me

1

goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final

4

information; news; report; reward; retribution

1

spy; secret agent

2

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

14

to live; to reside; to inhabit

1

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

4

impeachment; denunciation; accusation; censure

1

rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via

1

in succession; one after another

6

fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours

1

the future is unpredictable; inscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate

2

to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

9

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

1

return; welcome home

2

here I am; I'm home!

2

to be affected; to put on airs; to pose

1

paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity

2

even if; even though; however; no matter how

15