jpdb beta

threat; menace; coercion; blackmail

1

easy-to-understand

2

probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not

2

byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse

1

precious; valuable

2

frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

3

channel

1

ingredient; component; composition

1

supply; supplying; replenishment

2

work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique

1

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

6

new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title

1

curry in a pouch; retort-pouch curry

1

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

2

review

1

planning; plan; project; arrangements

1

curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

7

to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke

2

grinning; smirking

1

gross; disgusting

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die

2

to have a comeback for every remark; to be always ready with excuses; to contradict everything

1

to have the nerve to

2

waterfall; (arch.) rapids

1

to heat; to heat up; to get excited; to get worked up; to get fired up

3

moisture; humidity; dampness

1

for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length

1

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

3

so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

1

to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin

1

loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman

1

pseudo; quasi; artificial; simulated

1

last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier

1

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

3

treachery; betrayal; perfidy

3

to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)

1

complete; whole; perfect; safe

1

view (of life, etc.); outlook

3

without

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

1

to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through

2

to put the scalpel to; to perform an operation on; to take drastic measures to get to the bottom of something; to make a searching inquiry; to put something under the microscope

1

to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure

2

complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

2

children's game in which the aim is to occupy the other's home base; taking a place; securing a position

1

popularity contest

1

law; rule

7

to uncover; to solve; to reveal

1

formula; equation; method of calculation; calculus

1