jpdb beta

mask; disguise; guise; mask

2

storage room; storeroom; lumber room

1

dust; one ten-billionth

1

steel

1

hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried

1

sitting in a circle

1

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

1

to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear

2

pedestal

1

softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is

1

itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager

1

to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

6

definition

1

to hold a ceremony

1

this for sure; certainly is

1

execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment

2

slight intoxication

1

to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels

1

facing upward

1

to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback

1

prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish

1

to bend oneself backward

1

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

3

convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit

3

nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

2

in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

1

to grimace; to make a wry face

1

dullard; indecisive person

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

4

to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of

2

axiom; maxim; self-evident truth

3

act; deed; conduct

2

sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

2

contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

1

to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please

1

to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness

1

throat; singing voice

1

this sort of

1

magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch

1

supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor

3

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

1

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

3

to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

1

good grief

2

lightly rolling (of a small and round thing); pleasant, high-pitched sound (e.g. bell, young woman's laughter); changing frequently (e.g. conversation, plans); (occurring) in rapid succession (e.g. sumo wrestlers being defeated); roly-poly; chirp chirp (sound of insects); ribbit ribbit (sound of frogs)

2

to have the nerve to

2

to follow; to come along with one; to accompany

2

vast; limitless; boundless

1

autonomy; independence

1

slowly; sluggishly

2