jpdb beta

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

4

bear hug

1

rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled

1

forehead; brow

4

to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)

2

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

38

mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

42

to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)

5

palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping

2

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

6

to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand

4

puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious

8

embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful

5

unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

5

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

2

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

1

to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)

8

memorization; memorisation; learning by heart

1

technique

2

to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

11

vocabulary notebook; ring of vocabulary flash cards

1

to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

12

to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake

2

sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing

1

something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time

1

test (of ability, knowledge, etc.); exam; test (of performance, quality, etc.); trial; rehearsal

2

reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation

3

mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

4

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

5

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another

8

to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

12

deep breath

5

how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way

21

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered

1

living; lifestyle; living room

3

sampling food; tasting; trying

2

tilde; wave dash

2

to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)

1

new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)

1

food texture; mouthfeel

1

ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

3

distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin

2

that's the way it is; such is life

6

practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in

1

whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other

1

diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger

2

uh-oh; oops; sorry

3

not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope

6

so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent

9

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

8