jpdb beta

inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front

1

incandescent lamp

1

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

1

dust; small debris (e.g. dirt, crumbs); trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit

1

showroom; model home

1

real estate

1

advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice

1

to cut out; to clip from; to extract

1

harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement

1

to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

2

dwelling; house; residence; address

1

interior (of building, room, vehicle, etc.); interior design

1

exhibition; display

1

art museum; art gallery

1

soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly

1

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

2

two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives

2

kitchen

2

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

1

to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset

2

Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray

2

black tea

4

pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black

5

publishing part by part (e.g. in a magazine)

1

please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother

1

Marlow; Marlowe

1

to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun

1

manner of using one's hands

2

pot (esp. teapot, coffee pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask

1

cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

1

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

2

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

2

naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting

1

to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity

2

clearing one's throat; cough

2

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

4

to begin to speak

2

to build up a hypothesis

1

for convenience; as a matter of convenience

1

omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement

1

outline; summary; gist; in brief

1

inconsistency; mismatch; nonconformity; unconformity

1

to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

1

last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)

1

article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry

1

to explain adequately; to be accountable

2

joints; points (of a speech)

1

to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

1

guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

3

to commit a crime; to commit a sin

2