jpdb beta

passive

1

slimy; slippery

3

cries of pain

2

to bend oneself backward

1

to burrow through; to dig through

2

parasite

1

common carotid artery

8

inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to

3

fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point

2

seventh (interval, chord)

7

force; the Force (in Star Wars)

8

involuntary

1

some; small amount of

1

staff member; employee; worker; personnel

9

deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff

1

crawling on all fours; being on all fours; being on one's hands and knees

2

playing dead; feigning death; playing possum

1

quickly

1

the sixth sense; intuition; hunch

1

unscientific

1

The Sixth Sense

1

thinnish; somewhat thin; weakish; on the weak side; rather light; rather pale

1

geography

2

downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo

2

flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely

1

average height

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

feel (of a material); texture

3

(wearing) low over one's eyes

1

backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind

2

virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith

2

symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation

1

dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon

2

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much

2

disk; discus; flying saucer; disc media (CD, DVD, etc.)

3

nozzle

5

to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove

3

to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against

1

love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by

1

wire; wire rope

17

to twine around

2

one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)

4

to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting

1

to tear off

4

material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber

3

slowly and quietly; smoothly

1

piston; plunger

2

to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

2

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

1

dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision

2