jpdb beta

national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level

1

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

2

-esque; -like; -ish

1

yellow; amber

2

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp

2

yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday

1

was; were

1

prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling

3

(turned out) all right in the end

1

to affect; to impact; to influence

1

new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer

1

popular (with); in favour (with); well received

2

wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising

2

winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)

5

to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)

2

degree of recognition; level of familiarity; visibility (product)

2

relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance

1

quiz

2

(edible) snail (esp. Roman snail, Helix pomatia)

4

simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item

3

end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

2

hand; hands

14

to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight

1

determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone

1

Madi

1

waiting impatiently for

6

tray

1

coat; coating

1

a push; another effort

3

to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

4

grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball

2

had better ...; may as well ...

1

legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order

1

to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy

4

lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information

2

to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to

7

to take the bus

2

only; nothing but

1

women's bath; women's section in a public bath

1

details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars

1

full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end

1

or

1

clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning

1

to be squashed by; to be pinned under

1

circumstances

1

(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge

2

desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern

2

confusion; mixing; merger

1

unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear

1

eternal; unlimited; endless

1