jpdb beta

perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem

1

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

1

inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing

1

to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse

7

rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything

4

to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift

1

calling on; visiting

1

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

1

to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order

1

suspicious-looking; fishy

1

to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)

2

to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)

4

to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout

3

puppy; small dog

9

glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view

1

dogs and cats; pets; something trivial; worthless thing

1

coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair; type; sort; lineage; breeding

1

silver (color, colour)

6

degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction

1

glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling

1

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

2

brushwood; firewood

2

large size (e.g. large portion, etc.)

1

with a slap; smack; wham; sound of striking with something solid; zap; crack

1

how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

1

sense of pain

1

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

3

principle; theory; fundamental truth

1

observation; survey; watching

3

to shed light; to cast light

2

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

1

source of supply

2

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

1

to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

2

typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model

1

magical; voodoo; magic

1

trap

1

termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)

2

judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly

2

to be found

3

in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean

4

Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)

2

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

3

this sort of; this type of

1

to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear

1

to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer

1

beginner

2

supply; provision; service; supply

1

right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead

2

lantern (esp. handheld oil lamp); hurricane lamp

3