jpdb beta

chat over tea

1

cold water

1

wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration

2

to be (doing)

1

bitter-tasting bug

4

anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject

1

to have an idea; to have a clue

1

to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)

2

partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting

3

papilionaceous; butterfly-shaped

7

gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)

1

appearance; looks

3

conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview

3

resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability

2

formal marriage interview

2

separate; scattered; apart

1

to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee

49

messenger; envoy; emissary

7

private talk; confidential talk; secret talk

2

dust protection; dust cover

1

to cover (with something)

1

-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)

2

great delight; great satisfaction; rapture

3

to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)

2

difficult to get into; not be easily influenced into joining some mood or activity

1

to acquire knowledge

2

to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain

1

log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)

1

brat; kid; urchin; little devil

3

to all come in (e.g. teeth); to all come out (e.g. seedlings, flowers)

1

to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter

2

person who has not won any major awards or titles despite being the best in a particular field; uncrowned king; person who wields power without holding an official rank or title; journalist (esp. newspaper journalist)

1

to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall

2

surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)

3

to leap over

2

loud; sonorous; ringing

2

reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump

2

to fight with each other; to fight amongst yourselves

1

ancestor

2

boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn

2

to be satisfied (with); to find satisfactory

1

to dilute; to water down

3

ancestor; forefather; foremother

5

inbreeding

1

foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic

5

whole face; all over one's face

1

loneliness; desolateness

2

severe; harsh; rigorous; trenchant; scathing; sharp

2

disturbance; riot; mayhem

4

to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)

1