jpdb beta

front; frontage; facade; main

2

to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself

5

mole under the eye (supposedly due to having cried)

2

to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

2

question mark

2

no!; don't!; tsk!

1

lingua franca

1

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

3

true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

1

main cause; primary factor

4

to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up

1

to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)

5

course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)

2

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

1

taking a lecture; attending a class; taking a course

1

however; whatever

3

next time (occasion)

10

having many difficulties in store; grim prospects

2

to ponder; to brood

1

precedent

1

symptoms; condition (of a patient)

1

first generation; founder

16

to go; to come

1

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

4

(on the) verge of death

2

nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name

3

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

2

discarding; firing (an employee)

1

filling a vacancy; supplementation; substitute; deputy; alternate

1

clenched fist

7

cough; ahem

2

declaration; proclamation; announcement

9

to lose heart; to lose motivation

1

to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe

1

existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

4

aeration

1

to suffer an embarrassing defeat

1

to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen

5

severe; fierce; stern

1

blow; hit; stroke

18

to parry; to sidestep; to dodge

4

to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished

4

large seal; large stamp; seal of approval; guarantee; endorsement

1

scree

1

dry wind

1

to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air

1

cloud of dust (sand, etc.)

2

just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

1

sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

3

the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate

4