jpdb beta

half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%

1

trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

2

real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

5

hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret

1

nonchalant air; unruffled air

1

holiday; day off

2

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

2

warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow

1

policy

1

inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking

1

to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking

1

upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

1

together with; same; both; all; including ...

1

upper side (go, chess, othello board)

3

talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque

1

to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax

2

to do as one likes

1

noisily (of water gushing, pouring, spilling, splashing, spraying, etc.)

1

to empty; to vacate; to evacuate

2

favourite dish (favorite); favourite food

1

sweets; sweet food

2

limit; restriction

2

absolutely; positively; decidedly

2

being good at conversation; conversationalist; good talker

2

shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck

1

all; everyone; everybody

1

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

2

oral; verbal; spoken; parol

1

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

1

position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint

1

uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully

1

warning; advice

2

excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance

2

brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

3

to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple

2

next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence

3

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

2

cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made

1

dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)

2

to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

1

even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that

6

to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)

1

to satisfy the requirements

1

to refuse; to decline; to deny

1

secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent

1

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

1

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

2

threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

1

eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view

2

disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference

2