jpdb beta

off duty

1

giving something a try because it will not do any harm

1

to get in touch with

1

carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone

1

astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum

2

partner; pal; accomplice

1

under development; in development

1

mobile telephone; cellular telephone

1

vying with one another

1

beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal

1

flag signaling; semaphore

1

each; respectively

1

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

2

hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

1

David

4

fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

1

Melanie

8

enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby

1

state of emergency; emergency; crisis

1

Susan; Susann

1

Monica; Monika

1

knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning

1

interstage; inter-section; column space

1

Japanese (people, language, style)

1

beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week

2

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

2

to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

1

church; congregation

1

spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret

1

rear-view mirror

1

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

1

shadow; tail; following

1

to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

1

footpath; walkway; sidewalk

1

congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation

2

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

2

speed

2

oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

1

leg strength; walking ability; running ability

1

to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect

2

to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over

1

tedious; boring; being fed up with

1

handle; steering wheel; handlebar; handlebars; handle; screen name

1

sterile frond

1

forest; shrine grove

1

cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land

1

crowd of people

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.)

2