jpdb beta

to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

6

street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed

2

many; much; plenty; hardly

3

direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

1

to point at

7

to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

3

to be sweaty

1

palm (of one's hand)

10

to rub; to scrub; to scrape

1

excuse; explanation

4

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

3

large build; large pattern

3

tomcat; male cat

1

light brown; tawny

6

stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)

3

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

22

wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)

2

elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

17

to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

8

jest; joke; funny story

4

method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

14

similar to; like

3

somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

8

way one walks; one's walk

2

absconding; taking oneself off; slipping out (home) unnoticed early (e.g. from work, out of parties, etc.)

2

look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

4

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

13

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

1

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

10

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

3

impression

6

-ish; -like

3

16; sixteen

7

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

4

space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart

1

back of the hand

2

(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

6

to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase

4

to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag

2

(animal) collar; necklace; choker

2

only; nothing but

2

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

2

wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)

3

to ponder; to brood

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

3

sandal

2

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

8

tabby cat; tiger cat; striped cat

1

big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important

23

about when; about what time; how soon

2