jpdb beta

floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)

2

resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year

1

external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)

1

window blind; blinds; blind

3

answering machine; answerphone

2

checking one's e-mail

2

rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)

1

to grasp at the air

1

to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char

1

dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy

2

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

1

palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign

1

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

1

to put (up) in the wrong place; to hang in the wrong place; to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by

1

tediously; persistently; lazily; idly; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash

1

infotainment television program; information program; program of announcements

1

in any case; at all events; no matter how things turn out; whichever way it goes

1

circular notice (esp. in binder form; passed around households within a neighbourhood association, etc.)

3

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

1

municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body

1

branch office; police box; local police station

1

order picking (taking goods from a warehouse to fulfil customer orders); lock picking; picking (a guitar, banjo, etc.)

1

unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy

2

locking

2

telephone booth; telephone box

3

to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open

1

mask; disguise; guise; mask

7

actress

2

presenter; speaker; performer; actor; participant (in a TV show or TV panel)

1

possession (by a spirit, demon, etc.); dependence (on)

1

masquerade ball

1

masque; mask

1

hollow; cavity; dent; depression

1

sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

7

chickweed (Stellaria sp.); stitchwort

1

a day or two

2

to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize; to bind (something) with rope

1

busy (phone); in talks; discussion underway

1

to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself

1

cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces

1

just; right; pure; genuine; truth

1

paper knife; letter opener

1

reading silently

1

remainder of the year; rest of the year

1

to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over

1

because; as; since; so; due to

1

degenerate age; corrupt world; age of the decline of Buddhism; latter days of the law

1

hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8

1

7000; seven thousand

1

judgment; judgement; decision; verdict

1