jpdb beta

needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry

1

essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith

1

sea or river bottom

1

gust (of wind); blast

1

rubble; debris; wreckage

4

kingdom; monarchy

1

evident; plain; distinct; clear

1

virtual image; false image; pretense; pretence

1

thick voice

1

to cut off (a relationship)

1

a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace

1

mother

1

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

1

freely; frankly; without reserve

1

preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit

2

big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with

1

sculpture; carved statue; graven image

1

reference; allusion

1

evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround

1

to take all things together; to include everything; to take account of everything

1

bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed

2

angrily; in a huff; high on marijuana; tender (to chew)

1

sharp parting remark; parting threat

1

to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)

1

to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve

1

support

2

to become experienced (after many years of practice)

1

to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate

2

character; traits; ethos

1

apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that

1

to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)

1

dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)

1

attentiveness

1

vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse

1

the crucial moment; the moment of truth; do-or-die situation; crucial juncture; crucial stage

3

to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

1

warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

1

a certain ...

2

to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly

1

relax

1

a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute

1

ex-post-facto approval

1

to sit; to squat; to be implicated

1

radius

1

(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)

2

multiple; multiplex

2

Arizona

1

all on one's own

1

monitoring equipment; observational instrument

1

repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row

1