jpdb beta

to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine

1

vanity

1

involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself

1

fit; spasm; outburst

2

windpipe

3

to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)

1

misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion

1

three-way deadlock

2

windmill; wind turbine; pinwheel (toy); windmill (toy); Clematis patens (species of climbing plant)

2

taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story

1

heavy weapons

1

gunfight; exchange of shots; firefight

1

test of patience; battle of wills; endurance contest

1

example; illustration; precedent

1

attention; giving one's attention; focusing

1

clever

1

profiler

1

psychological warfare

1

to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself

1

circus

1

Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother

1

European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

1

to slip through the dragnet

1

counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m

1

to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)

1

for military use

1

subjective symptoms; patient's complaints

1

scoring the first point; winning the first game; lucky day in the morning, but not in the afternoon

1

geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character

1

highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)

2

to be hesitant; to feel timid

1

cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon, etc.

1

hollow; cavity; dent; depression

1

to be beyond words; to defy description

1

measuring; measurement

1

roaring; thundering; thunderous; deafening; ear-splitting

2

course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment

1

charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk

1

feigned; pretending (not to know)

1

tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining

1

means; method

1

lifeline; safety rope; safety tether

3

rear wheel; cantle

1

to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight

1

to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

1

preliminary test or trial; tryout

1

warm feeling; (feeling of) warmth; sense of temperature; thermoception

1

no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

1

mortality

9

iceberg

1