jpdb beta

scarlet; cardinal red

2

stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow

1

looks; features

5

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

2

to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing

2

stairs; rank; grade; guide; guidebook; slanted ladder (exercise equipment)

5

dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)

1

Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure

2

border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region

1

secular life; workaday world

1

to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate

1

indictment; prosecution; complaint

3

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while

3

to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away

2

slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy

1

good evening

2

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

3

ambition; aspiration

4

relief; aid; rescue

1

request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance

1

opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

2

thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support

2

in good health; alive and well; going strong

1

be; is

1

change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

2

to twitch

1

to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide

2

short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability

1

someone who is suddenly quiet and meek; (lit.) borrowed cat

1

to oust; to dethrone; to drive down (e.g. into a valley); to chase down; to capture (a castle); to seize (by driving out the garrison)

1

to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

4

to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive

1

to hang one's head; to droop one's head

1

high-handed; oppressive

1

self-torturing; masochistic

1

as you see; as you can see

1

make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer

1

moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

4

to shave

2

to drop one's shoulders

1

feeble

2

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. someone's head); to pour liquid (on something); to dash liquid (over something); to plate (something) with metal; to cover (with a dental crown); to add (e.g. music to a video)

2

to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

1

to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up

1

to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

2

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

4

to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry

1

bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring

1

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

5

being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)

1