jpdb beta

verification; inspection

6

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

10

to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself

2

assent; consent

2

modest virtue

2

choices; alternatives; options

3

woman's heart; female instincts or psychology

2

to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

2

circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

4

red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each

2

femme fatale

1

to get drunk

2

feverish; enthusiastic

2

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

15

charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish

2

saliva; spit; sputum

4

need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist

2

symptoms; condition (of a patient)

3

synchronization; synchronized swimming

2

muscleman; strong man

2

close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing

5

cool; calm; composed; easy; simple

3

textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

4

to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

2

relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting

3

guard; lookout; watch

2

unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly

2

common saying; everyday talk; common parlance

3

to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on

7

sigh; long breath

16

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

19

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

3

to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to reflect; to muse; to ruminate

1

something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

3

one end; an end; part; fragment

1

formation

2

to assemble; to set up; to construct

1

timid; fainthearted

1

so-and-so; who?; which people?

1

to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance

1

knowing when to give up; good at letting things go; accepting failure with good grace; being a good loser

1

brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)

4

to make do errands; to set to scutwork

1

brow; forehead; bump

4

reward; prize

2

order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations

2

hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh

1

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

2

meeting; assembly; association; conjunction

1

association of like-minded people

2