jpdb beta

to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)

2

(one's) quota; assignment

3

habitat isolation; compartmentalization; segregation; isolation

2

gradual (destruction); progressive (dismantlement)

5

unloading (of cargo); discharge

1

personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy

2

natto (fermented soybeans)

23

to be sticky

1

nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country

4

natto bacteria (Bacillus subtilis var. natto)

1

to have a taste (of something); to sample; to try

3

food poisoning

1

extraordinarily; astonishingly; extraordinary; outrageous; unconditioned dharma

2

leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food

1

well known; well connected

1

man of the hour; woman of the hour

2

bwahaha (laughter)

1

affectionate mother

2

below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin

4

remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude

1

liveability; livability

1

refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something, etc.); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.); person who is stuck (in a place or situation)

9

shabby; mean; sorry; dingy

1

recreation

1

policeman; thieftaker; method of catching criminals

1

fate; destiny; predestination

3

fishing rights

4

bad-tempered; aggressive; quarrelsome

3

side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; homeworking; simple job carried out at home; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending

2

always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible

3

downstream

1

weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection

2

deficiency disease (e.g. protein, vitamin, etc.)

1

hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn

1

don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me

1

intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely

2

to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out

2

two meals; (eating) two meals a day

3

carnivorousness; carnivorous

1

to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in

1

low-priced goods

1

causing pain; sadism

2

feminine handwriting; woman's hand

2

butcher-bird prey impaled on twigs, thorns, etc. for later consumption

2

sanitary conditions

1

leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development

1

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

5

refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing

4

rash courage

1

to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for

1