jpdb beta

how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

1

in very small pieces

1

dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome

1

wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament

1

sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens

1

unreality

2

(beating someone) hands down; with a single blow

1

a diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond; quality is quality; an old eagle is better than a young crow; (lit.) even if it's rotten, it's still sea bream

2

like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; (lit.) the child of a frog is a frog

1

back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary

1

unwelcome favor; unwelcome favour; misplaced kindness

1

to form a line; to queue up; to line up

1

four-digit number; thousands column

1

feeding ground

1

whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz

3

air force

1

Guernica (Spain)

1

boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)

8

gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up

1

to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided

1

gale; violent (strong) wind

1

without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)

1

one's last moments; death throes; agony of death

1

fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely

1

larva; grub; maggot

1

a lick; one lick; engulfing (e.g. of fire); enveloping; consuming

1

perpetual snow

4

high place; high altitude; heights; broad view

1

low flame (heat, gas)

4

to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

1

nylon track suit (when worn as street fashion); rattle-rattle; rustle-rustle; whisper-whisper

2

eggbeater; whisk

2

creamy (in flavor or texture)

1

beloved; dearest

2

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

1

love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple

1

expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema

5

people (of a country); nation; citizen; national

1

Japanese (language)

1

to get into a fight; to take up the gauntlet; to accept a challenge

1

kind; tender-hearted; compassionate

1

to whip an egg; to scramble (e.g. an egg)

1

egg yolk

4

bowl

7

thickness (of a sauce, soup, etc.); viscosity; thick consistency

3

patient; persevering

1

creaminess; cream-like consistency

1

to overstep the mark; to go too far; to overdo it

1

below freezing

3

ice house; ice room; cold room

1