jpdb beta

substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute

1

to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account

6

world; society; people; the public

2

with a snap; with a crack

1

molars; back teeth

1

to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

2

model; pattern; paragon; exemplar

2

to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction

3

transcendence; excellence; superiority

1

your opinion

2

self-education; self-instruction; self-study

2

to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous

1

advance preparations

3

taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains

1

mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about

2

meow; miaow; cat; sexual intercourse; making out

1

to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)

1

focus; forecast

3

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

1

of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

2

to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on

1

at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

2

deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end

2

to accustom oneself to using; to train; to break in (horses)

1

to feign ignorance; to evade one's responsibilities

1

to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question

1

to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one

2

conscience

2

totally willing; fully motivated

1

little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall

1

seriously addicted online game junky

2

daddy

1

bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

1

open; frank; liberal; open-minded

1

to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly

7

seafood cooked whole so that it retains its original form

1

for use as food; edible

1

caring for (esp. a pet or a small object); cherishing; being fond of; prizing; treasuring

1

variation; rogue (something)

132

what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak

5

to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric

2

neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity

7

to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them

3

therefore; for that reason; such being the case

1

brown meat (crab); miso-like paste found inside a crab's (and arthropods in general) intestinal area; miso mixed with crab innards or scraps

1

smacking one's lips (over food)

1

behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness

1

white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person

1

clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

2

dark

1