jpdb beta

to wander; to roam from place to place

3

fixed game; rigged bid; put-up job

1

in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that

1

what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

1

Mani

17

simmer; bubble out; flow out

2

to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)

3

to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

1

to send in

5

genuine; authentic; true; real

1

to sing; to chirp; to twitter

2

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

4

vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true

1

humming; crooning

2

exaltation; emotional uplift

2

vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde

3

date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.); days and hours

1

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

2

of great promise; with a promising future

2

to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit

4

convenient

1

suspension (from work or school)

1

end-of-year; year-end

2

last business day of the year (usu. December 28)

1

ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself

1

dirt under one's fingernails; shred (of decency, etc.); scrap; bit

1

drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel

6

spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)

1

one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style); one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar); one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m); one game; one task

3

sniper

1

anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z

1

tool; implement

1

walking sound; footsteps

3

viscosity

2

regulation; adjustment; control

2

to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)

1

beginning of the year; early in the New Year

1

on a routine basis; regularly; habitually

1

pressure; oppression; suppression

1

dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

2

shortest

1

guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)

2

barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial

1

plentiful; lot of; much; pile of

1

control

1

feeler; tentacle; antenna; touching (with one's hand); feeling; sensing

2

lifesaving

1

utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus

1

to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted

1

elastomer; gummy; rubbery; elastomeric

1