jpdb beta

bald head; baldness

2

giant

4

swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly

1

slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient

3

abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)

2

making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold

1

short (of a person)

3

professional gambler; gangster; gang member; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; hoodlum

1

violence; mayhem

1

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

11

suddenly; all of a sudden

3

outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

7

disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

2

yawn; yawning

1

benefit; use; good; profit; gains

1

I; we

1

sleepiness; drowsiness

3

sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus

2

sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

17

indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

10

and; as well as

2

dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish

1

any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever

1

when it becomes; when it comes to

3

to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high

3

to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)

1

approval; endorsement

2

tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly

1

average

3

long time; many years

7

seedy-looking; thin

1

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

1

mere; only a ...

6

power; authority; jurisdiction

1

dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented

2

banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of

5

right to decide; having say (in a decision)

1

test procedure; testing methodology

1

to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

4

safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

2

ratio of successful applicants; (examination) pass rate

1

violent emotion; passion; fury

1

something like ...; something called ...

3

risky; dangerous; insecure

1

heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

1

to get strong; to gain strength

1

vein (esp. in head)

1

somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large size; large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke

1

with all one's strength; with all one's might

1

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

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