jpdb beta

pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"

1

average; ordinary; normal

2

cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery

3

headband

1

reef knot; flat knot; square knot

1

stopwatch

1

partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing

1

starting line (in a race); start line; starting point

1

(a) row; line

1

sports ground; playing field; playground

3

straight course; straight; stretch; straightaway

1

measurement

1

to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up

1

to spit out; to eject; to dump

6

left foot; left leg

2

knot

1

to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten

1

pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing

1

(length of one's) step; stride; pace

1

even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still

2

all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy

1

thigh

1

kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)

2

blunder; bungle; clumsiness

1

to look up

5

capacity; volume; capacitance

2

poly-; polyethylene; polyphony (of an electronic keyboard, etc.); police; police officer

4

hardware store; DIY store; home improvement retailer

2

weekend carpentry; do-it-yourself; DIY; weekend carpenter; do-it-yourselfer

2

hook (high point of a song); chorus

1

-stopper (thing that halts or prevents something); -blocker; -preventer

1

paint; coating; varnish

1

whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place

1

viscous; sticky; gluey; viscosity

1

irritant odor; irritant odour; irritating smell (odor, odour)

2

balcony; veranda; verandah; porch

3

scrap lumber; piece of wood

1

hammer; hopeless swimmer; person who can't swim; someone who sinks like a stone

1

carpenter

1

stage setting; scenery; stagehand; sceneshifter

2

timid; faint of heart

2

if not ...; unless ...

3

for industrial use

1

resin; rosin

7

adhesive; glue

11

to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled

3

hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up

3

water-soluble

1

human body

4

harmless

3