jpdb beta

desert

21

spinal cord

1

to winnow (grain)

1

well-balanced

2

land; shore

7

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

3

to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)

2

to gradually rise

1

pillbox

7

salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt); cooking a fish inside a salt crust; candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)

1

shelter

1

what the hell are you saying?

2

sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)

2

to mumble; to mutter

2

do ...

2

hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail

2

advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging

3

levelling of ground (for construction); preparation of soil (for planting)

3

hawk; falcon

1

to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative

2

to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places

1

okay; sure; okey-dokey

2

to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)

1

committee member

1

to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

3

to be born again; to make a fresh start in life

5

leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew

5

cheater; unfaithful person; adulterer

3

though; even if; whether ... or ...

1

to chop (a branch, etc.)

2

death (of a person)

3

wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)

1

to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan; to be declared the winner

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

2

to fly in the sky

4

skull; cranium

5

simultaneous; all at once

1

(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch

1

to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue

1

tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person

1

to talk (a person) down; to confute

2

sand; grit

24

fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard

2

smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth

7

sheltered upbringing; person who has had a sheltered upbringing; (lit.) hothouse upbringing

1

to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with

3

tenacity; endurance

2

deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction

1

enjoyment; pleasure

4

worthy opponent; worthy rival; good match

2