jpdb beta

structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

2

subdivision; segmentation; fractionalization; fragmentation

2

what on Earth is this?

3

scorn; disdain; contempt; slight

3

to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)

1

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

1

to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away

1

start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point

1

suited figure; person in a suit

6

celluloid

1

foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead

1

to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)

2

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

3

insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

3

attaché case

1

leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase

2

moment just before something happens; verge (of doing something); brink

2

to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)

1

one's own strength and skill alone (without money, connections, etc); nothing to rely on but oneself; (being) self-made

1

to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err

1

sediment; earth and sand

2

to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)

1

to show up; to appear; to turn up

1

harmless to humans and animals; having no influence; unimportant; insignificant

1

sleeping pill; sleep medication

1

prompt efficiency; immediate effectivity

1

to have both; to possess both; to combine with

1

waking; waking up; awakening

2

ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making

1

commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise

3

highlight

1

completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday

1

inside a library, museum, cinema, etc.; on the premises

1

abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; prohibition of smoking; No Smoking; Smoking Prohibited

1

sign on a post (usu. wooden and with a small roof, containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.); public notice; bulletin board; notice board

1

unnatural; affected; studied; forced

3

to emit smoke

1

smoking (tobacco)

1

sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness

1

restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope

1

to control; to command; to get the better of

1

to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)

1

exquisite

1

to shake; to waver; to tremble

2

state of confusion

2

tasteless and odorless; bland

1

unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

1

sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus

1

vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse

1

hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible

4