jpdb beta

fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

1

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

2

advice

2

reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood

1

execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment

1

small bird; little bird

1

chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue

1

beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive

1

fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive

1

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

1

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

1

going on about oneself; talking about oneself

1

queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak

1

eccentric; crank; oddball

3

time; years

3

to be grieved at heart; to be troubled; to be worried; to trouble oneself (about something)

1

way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!

1

sniff; sniffle; snuffle

1

northern part; the north (of a region)

2

to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased

1

member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)

2

rare species

1

small number; few; minority

2

tribe; clan; house

1

self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

2

city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

2

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

4

distrust of (other) human beings

1

quirky; idiosyncratic

2

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

1

(on) one's own; (by) oneself

3

to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over

1

countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick

2

street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper

1

cheap article; poor quality article

1

miraculous

2

to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength

1

together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

8

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

3

small scale

2

to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights

1

root; basis; foundation

1

to the trained eye

1

mistake; error; blunder

2

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

2

easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk

2

it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...

2

west

2

largest class; top category

1

barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock

2