jpdb beta

salted beans

1

to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of

2

juvenile delinquent

1

vagrant; vagabond; tramp; homeless person; hobo; bum

1

in swarms; crawling with

3

rest; repose

3

cooperation; collaboration; association; partnership; (acting in) unison

2

hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching

1

evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity

1

share; portion; quota; cut

1

shade of a tree; bower

1

to eat greedily; to devour; to wolf down; to gobble up

1

Bhaisajyaguru; Pindola; The Healing Buddha

1

to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)

1

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

3

periodic; cyclic; cyclical

1

police officer; policeman; constable

1

clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication

1

to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

1

sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable

3

to save up (money)

2

to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)

1

Hamsun

1

carrion; decaying flesh; tainted meat

1

beef bone (used to make stock); cattle bone; bovine bone

1

vomit; vomiting

1

glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly

1

gang of hoodlums (hooligans); bad company; companion in gang activities

1

reclaimed land

3

general (civil engineering and construction) contractor

1

temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical

3

to get together

1

chore; odd job

4

master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent

2

pile-driving; piling

1

heave ho (shout used by construction workers, etc. when pulling something big)

5

covering for the back of the hand and wrist

1

gaiters; leggings; puttees

2

running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody

2

log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII); (arch.) prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun

1

carrier

1

clumsy; unskillful; bungling; poor; bad

1

boy; bellboy; porter; waiter

1

quick; nimble; agile; sharp; smart; clever

4

using a new brush for the first time; doing something for the first time; man losing his virginity (esp. to an older woman)

1

Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance

1

taking the lead; leadership; leader; chorus leader

1

improviser

1

bawdy song; lewd song; obscene song

1

to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour

1