jpdb beta

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

1

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

2

loyalty; faithfulness

2

marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife

1

it seems that; as if

1

staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

1

glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception

1

to smile

1

to get drunk

1

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

2

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

1

excuse; explanation

3

on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead

1

puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex

2

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

2

record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document

4

to have an idea; to have a clue

1

lord of a manor; estate steward

1

to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

2

to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained

1

scene; sight; scenario; setting

3

last; final; end; conclusion; rust

1

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

1

still image

1

perception; sensing; noticing

4

first marriage

1

worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class

1

character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

1

one's share; one's portion

1

entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

2

fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead

9

marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse

2

what with this and that; for a number of reasons

1

confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent

1

to stand up straight; to stand on end (e.g. of hair); to have the creeps

1

to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone

1

faulty statement; misleading statement; misunderstanding caused by a misleading statement

1

kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

1

wild idea; delusion

5

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

1

harem

1

virtual

1

to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival

1

in name only; figurehead; (only) by name

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

2

boy; son; baby boy; young man

1

beautiful girl

1

therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason

1

to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress

1