jpdb beta

both sides (on the left and right); both neighbours

1

reproachful; resentful; spiteful

1

to accept someone's challenge; to take up the gauntlet

1

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

2

relative; relation

1

proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request

1

beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture

2

considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive

3

being used to socializing with women (of a man)

1

duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck

1

personal connections

4

just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of

1

contest; competition; struggle; scramble

2

underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface

3

to make a serious effort

2

to relate to; to have one's feelings understood

1

amorous feelings; feeling of being in love

1

most part; greater part; majority

1

then; well; so; well then

2

to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off

1

to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf

1

glossy; bright; slick

2

ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)

1

outdoor activity

1

rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net

1

stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration

2

excess flesh; surplus fat; flab

1

to smirk; to grin broadly

1

strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting

1

whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

6

freely; frankly; without reserve

1

trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

1

resource

1

to obstruct one's way

1

colourful; colorful; multicoloured; various; varied; variegated

1

moth

1

hallucinogenic

1

to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up

2

to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

1

the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)

13

rest in peace; requiescat in pace; RIP

1

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

1

name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name

1

welding

1

anthropophobia; social anxiety disorder

1

to negotiate; to settle a matter; to arrange

1

nightmare; incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream

5

incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream

1

dependence; reliance

1

to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut

1