jpdb beta

24 hours; twenty-four hours

1

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

6

ill-bred; vulgar; boorish

3

children's park; children's playground

4

circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

1

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

9

estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately

2

meanwhile; in the meantime

1

to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober

3

late at night; at a late hour

1

to hang up; to end a telephone conversation

1

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

11

daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

1

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

1

(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)

4

deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free

1

lamp; light

2

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

2

to smoke a cigarette

1

slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed

3

garments; attire

2

here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

4

shit!; damn!

2

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

9

from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly

1

business; trade; operations; sales

1

distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness

1

bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

4

-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be

3

to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group); to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)

1

trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family

4

(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

2

to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)

1

group; mass

5

to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

1

molars; back teeth

1

to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)

3

to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop

6

cockscomb; crest

1

to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)

3

bare earth; ground

1

it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right

2

(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad

2

to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

1

to tear off

2

pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls

2

stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

soft and flabby

1

request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust

4

calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance

1