jpdb beta

most suitable; optimum; optimal; best

1

line; row; rank; list

1

container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket

2

to point at

1

smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion

1

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

1

(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience

1

grim face

1

container; receptacle; vessel; packaging

2

to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

1

arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished

2

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

1

empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post

1

to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

1

established fact; fait accompli

1

emotional; sentimental

3

to make an appeal; to urge

1

sugar bowl; sugar jar

1

square; rectangular

2

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

1

nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

2

to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

1

graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet

4

to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to

1

negative; minus

1

to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

2

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

1

order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation

1

to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from

1

disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing

2

shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly

1

to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on

1

to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

2

to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

1

we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes

1

long-cherished ambition; satisfaction

1

prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

2

no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

1

to drive into; to ride into; to extend (a railway line, bus route, etc.) into; to link (a railway line) with; to join up with (a separate line)

1

stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage

6

standard; set; routine; decided

1

cannot be compared with; no match for

1

strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

2

assailant; marauder

1

rare; seldom

1

restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

1

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

1

face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect

1

measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy

1