jpdb beta

type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype

1

criminal law; penal code

1

right eye

1

soldering iron; hot iron; brand; mark; stigma

1

killing; murder

1

panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind

1

to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)

1

tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly

1

to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest

1

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

1

to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison

1

actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

1

employee; servant

9

lake shore

1

holidays; vacation

1

writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)

1

to cut; to slit

1

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

1

compensation; equivalent value; consideration

3

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

1

massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter

1

being without a name; being nameless; namelessness

1

quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly

1

downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

1

falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses

4

packing; baling; crating

1

break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room

1

speech; expression; wording; language

1

owner

3

unkindness; unfriendliness

1

taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton

2

superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian

15

discharge; dismissal

3

successor

3

appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation

4

sole prerogative; exclusive prerogative

1

personnel selection

2

to come around to do; to become inclined to do; to get excited about; to take an interest

1

not yet fixed; undecided; pending

1

in the same manner as before; the same as always

2

in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run

1

plenipotentiary powers; full authority

2

absence; disregard; indifference

1

dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal

1

exclusive; attached to; specialist

2

offer

1

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

1

to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate

1

pleased to make your acquaintance

1

unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking

2