jpdb beta

Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking

1

end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

2

Sofia (Bulgaria)

1

shrine; sanctuary

11

irrigation

1

construction work

1

dry weather; drought

1

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

1

large-scale

2

completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)

1

time difference

1

in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly

1

disturbance; perturbation; derangement

1

indoor (court, pool, etc.)

1

to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

1

policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

1

to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together

1

travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit

2

lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)

2

to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes

1

to loaf (particularly on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle

1

war; battle; match; game; competition

1

pair

3

Monday

1

cloud

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)

2

to run through; to run past

1

urban areas; the streets; town; city

1

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

1

pedestrian traffic

1

to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed

2

yakuza film; yakuza movie

1

raid

1

to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

1

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

1

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

1

to keep a watchful eye on

1

sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break

2

force (bulldoze) one's way through

1

slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

2

to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

1

sound of an explosion

1

harbour; harbor; port

2

storehouse; warehouse; godown

12

uproar; disturbance

4

to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour

1

to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run

2

to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply

1

under cover of night

1