jpdb beta

shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

1

one's share; one's portion

1

securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying

2

selling out; being sold out

5

bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate

1

light; faint; pale; fleeting

1

shy; bashful; timid; reserved

1

sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator

1

to give directions; to issue instructions

1

to the utmost; to the best of one's ability

1

corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness

1

loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal

1

roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity

1

to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

1

nape of the neck

1

to get wet

5

one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point

4

to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone

1

clothing

1

festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

3

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

1

friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured

2

back (of a chair)

3

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

1

easy chair; armchair

8

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

1

borderline; boundary

1

semicircular

1

hairline at nape of neck; nape of neck

1

pedestal

2

copper (Cu); bronze (medal)

3

drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement

3

pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe

1

to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in

5

popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)

1

won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

2

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

2

senior; older

1

sense of responsibility

1

myrrh

7

resignation; acceptance; consolation

1

to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

1

back of head

1

hollow; cavity; dent; depression

2

wet towel; damp towel

1

nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

1

nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be

1

dry and rough; desiccated; rustling

1

exactly; perfectly

1

to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten

1