jpdb beta

context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances

1

perhaps; maybe; possibly

3

unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

2

manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment

2

bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio

1

unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha

1

doctor's degree; doctorate; PhD

1

acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase

1

theory

2

announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

3

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

1

exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte

1

right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...

1

thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

1

meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)

1

frown; scowl; grimace

1

symbol; code; sign; notation

3

to turn one's face away

2

to be imaginable; to be conceivable

4

wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer

1

metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing

1

rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis

8

rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)

1

to pick at; to peck at

1

tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)

1

coupled with; together

2

very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best

1

to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)

1

cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical)

2

sopping; soaking

1

to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn

2

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

4

(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence

1

to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm

1

waking

1

scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle

1

to enclose (a word, letter, symbol, etc.) with a circle

1

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

1

to check; to compare

1

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

2

to snatch (at); to grab

1

eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently

1

(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money

3

to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

2

to be generally accepted; to be acknowledged by oneself and others

1

numerical formula

2

picture book

1

lullaby

1

no use; useless; not fit for its purpose

1

difficult problem; challenge

1