jpdb beta

Broadway

1

Wall Street

1

Gothic (style, e.g. in architecture); sans serif (typeface); gothic

1

reactionary tendency; revivalist mood; tendency to revert to old customs

1

to rebuild; to reconstruct

1

to clatter; to rattle; to flap (noisily); to get in a panic; to get in a flap; to rush around

1

to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point

1

(telephone) call; ring (of a telephone); shout; call; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call)

1

confetti; ticker tape

1

back gate

1

cemetery; graveyard

1

ossuary; crypt; charnel house

1

jockey

2

horse riding; horseback riding; mounting a horse; mount; riding horse; saddle horse

1

boots; boot

1

mummification

1

appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view

1

womb; uterus

1

(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); transverse section; cutting plane

1

pipe; tube; wind instrument; vessel; duct; counter for tube-shaped objects

1

jellyfish

1

superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart

1

modesty; self-control; discretion

1

to bring someone along

1

return (of something borrowed or entrusted); returning; giving back; repayment

1

to get a laugh

1

to cut; to slit; to slash

1

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

1

great-grandchild

2

parasitism

1

spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell

1

sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

1

perfection; flawlessness

1

to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)

1

leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host

1

to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off

2

ad lib; ad-lib

1

last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

2

collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally

1

illegitimate child; secret love child

1

one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays

1

one-liner; funny joke; gag; quick trick

1

(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly

1

meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object

1

quitting while one is ahead; running from a rematch after one has won

1

to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself

1

partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)

1

time assigned to one; (one's) allotted time; time limit; teaching load (in hours)

1

enshrinement; installation (of an image)

1

crematory; crematorium

1