jpdb beta

hindrance; intrusion

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy

2

irregularity; abnormality; change of tone; transposition; modulation

1

nervousness; oversensitivity

1

brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark

1

to feel depressed

1

fray; frayed spot

1

to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure

3

straggling hair

1

(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar

1

dangling; swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily

1

to closely resemble; to suit well; to match well; to go well with

1

quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

1

to become pregnant

1

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

4

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction

1

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)

2

light; easy; non-serious; minor

3

hills and fields; hill and dale

1

somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded

1

while doing over and over; repeatedly

1

kitten; small cat

1

to be helpful; to be useful

3

to turn aside adroitly; to dodge

1

losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself

1

to stop raining

1

fallen leaves; leaf litter; leaf fall; dropping leaves; deciduous

3

to meet someone by chance; to happen upon

1

to stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back

1

to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled

1

to boil; to decoct; to infuse

1

to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused

2

simple; plain; modest

1

to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to entrap

1

sandbar; sandbank; shoal

2

waterfowl; water bird; shorebird

1

aim; goal

1

you (plural)

2

pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth

1

in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake

2

wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond

1

to begin (doing); to start (doing)

1

to be completely weakened; to be utterly exhausted; to be worn out; to be completely at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be greatly annoyed (by)

1

to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling

1

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

2

equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)

1

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

2

if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)

5

to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback

1