jpdb beta

pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing

3

worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace

1

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

2

work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income

1

criticism (by a teacher or coach, with commentary, especially at a poetry reading); review; critique

1

to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

1

to bite and tear; to bite a hole in

1

ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless

1

to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl

1

easily; readily; with ease; without trouble

3

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

8

disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference

2

saliva; spit; sputum

2

to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

1

rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

1

primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)

1

show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something)

1

exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral

1

madness; insanity

1

to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

2

to listen to in an ecstasy

1

neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood

1

something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah

1

to rant and rave; to raise hell

2

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

1

shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly

1

noisy; loud; fussy; annoying; troublesome; bossy

1

contempt; derision; slight; disdain

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

2

to snatch (at); to grab

1

to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle

1

double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid

1

to pour on

2

blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body

1

to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)

2

skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath

1

to come off; to be worn off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour

1

to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken

1

fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely

4

world-destroying conflagration

1

attitude to life; form of existence; way of life

1

enlargement; increase

1

impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)

1

taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

1

my; our; one's own

1

divine will; providence

1

to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending

2

wave; ups and downs

1

swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly

1

lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

1