jpdb beta

half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality

1

dead drunk; blind drunk

1

scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle

6

to begin (doing); to start (doing)

1

here and there; in places

1

character string

2

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

3

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

1

mirror writing

1

sentence

1

to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl

2

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

3

to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted

3

drunken person

2

gallant; dashing; jaunty

1

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

2

leaving one's seat

1

deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship

1

to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate

2

to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten

1

employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson

1

surrounding at a distance

2

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

26

to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with

1

awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect

1

programming language

18

back; rear; background; behind the scenes

1

looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance

1

breach of manners; breach of etiquette

2

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

1

inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing

2

thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)

1

queer; odd; fantastic

1

fluke; chance; pure luck

1

can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something

1

(turned out) all right in the end

1

to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)

1

a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

1

and then; and so; and; so then

4

Belgium

1

deciphering; decoding

4

easy; simple; there's no way that ...

1

to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder

2

to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious

1

to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen

2

fastidiousness; faultfinding; nit-picking

1

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

7

to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly

1

typographical error; typo

1

slip of the pen; mistake in writing; misspelling; lapsus calami

1