jpdb beta

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

1

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

2

to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

1

fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare

1

straw

2

to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

1

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

3

perfect; complete

3

to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate

1

to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)

2

cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate

4

accomplishment; execution

1

jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking

1

to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard

3

answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising

2

mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

1

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

1

sugarless; unsweetened

1

severe; strict; tough; hard

1

on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity

1

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

3

somewhere to go; place to go

1

(with) only the clothes one happens to wear

2

employee; worker

1

guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman

1

what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

1

good deed; good conduct; benevolence

1

this and that; one thing or another

1

moat; fosse; canal; ditch

1

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

2

very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just

1

trivial; slight

2

with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask

1

injection; jab; shot

1

father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)

2

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

1

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

1

decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

1

productivity

1

topic of discussion; agenda

1

ready consent

2

early rising

1

presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

1

dangerous; risky

5

lack of sleep; insufficient sleep

1

(doing the) ironing

1

mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi

2

nasal hair; nose hair; being infatuated with women; fool

1

check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque

1