jpdb beta

stand-up meal; buffet

2

decoration; ornament; trimmings

2

race

1

to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate

2

first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best

1

balcony

1

salty sea breeze; salt wind

1

way; method; means; (technical) specification

1

spiral staircase

1

marble

1

to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited

1

calf (of leg)

1

scar

1

inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness

1

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

2

level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level

2

(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush

1

to step out of the bath

1

drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water

1

sleepiness; drowsiness

3

to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate

1

to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses

1

to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's

1

Japanese dock (plant) (Rumex japonicus)

1

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

3

receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death

1

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

1

to begin; to set about; to start

3

stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off

1

paste; glue; clothing starch

1

to brush one's teeth

1

to shave

1

completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)

1

to dress up

2

upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite

1

to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people

1

perfume; scent

1

odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...

2

confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

2

to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet

1

to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

1

all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent

1

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

1

chandelier

1

crystal

1

(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead

3

to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam

2

relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief

1

manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining

1