jpdb beta

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

2

fierce animal; beast of prey; big game

8

gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor

3

being dotted with; being scattered

1

gorilla (Gorilla spp., esp. western gorilla, Gorilla gorilla)

69

class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-

4

animal

4

encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)

2

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

2

real thing; original; actual

1

really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

1

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

6

relief; aid; rescue

15

brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

3

to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel

1

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

4

not yet known; unknown; strange

2

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

1

state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

11

anything and everything; just about everything

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

5

stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

1

blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)

9

flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness

4

assertion; declaration; affirmation

8

to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

2

protracted war; war of attrition

4

to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

19

to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

3

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

21

evening; dusk; twilight

1

when it becomes; when it comes to

5

going to bed; retiring (for the night)

1

to give directions; to issue instructions

7

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

2

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

13

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

5

to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)

1

tedious; boring; being fed up with

1

to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

7

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

11

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

2

to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)

1

cheap article; poor quality article

1

to bear; to endure

3

thin bedding; hard bed; bedding worn flat and hard by usage

1

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

2

to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

13

first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

2

necessity

1