jpdb beta

something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time

10

great lie; falsehood

1

appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right

1

one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities

2

normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty

7

ambition; aspiration

1

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

2

rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion

1

firmly, stubbornly

1

workaholic

1

dictionary app; dictionary application

1

book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook

1

quietly; slowly; gracefully

2

to spare time (for)

2

curt; blunt; brusque

3

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

2

robust health; able-bodied

1

miner

1

craftsman; artisan

1

four generations; fourth generation immigrant; yonsei; the fourth (e.g. George IV)

3

driver's seat (in a car)

3

certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt

1

easy to make; easy to do

2

any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...

2

maker; builder; creator; tenant farmer

9

towering; astonishingly high

2

uh-huh; sniff-sniff

2

rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed

1

spirit of a true artisan; (a craftsman's) pride in one's work

1

good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression

1

medium; media

2

link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging

8

tumultuous (with everyone voicing their opinions simultaneously); uproarious

2

finally; in the end; on top of all that

1

to be able to see

1

ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited

1

precedent

4

to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)

5

to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)

1

threshold; breaking point

1

saturation

1

pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter

34

to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine

1

spacious; roomy; broad; wide; extensive

2

to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail

3

navy

2

to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play

1

welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful

1

public works

2

trial stage; experimental phase; prototype stage

1