jpdb beta

setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

1

ha ha ha (laughter)

5

oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say

3

harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict

1

loud (of a voice)

1

one's field of expertise; one's strong area

1

to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)

1

to show; to display

1

handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation

3

apprehensive; vaguely fearful; gloomy (about the future); somewhat alarmed

1

purpose; utility; objective; way to use something

1

to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped

1

instant death

3

player (of a sport); athlete; team member

1

hurt; injured

1

match; game; bout; contest

1

unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)

1

what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

1

oh!; oh?; my!

1

in succession; one by one

2

announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

2

that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?

2

idea

4

leasing (out); renting out; hiring out; letting

1

and; as well as

3

failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb

2

to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

2

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

1

the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it; you can't tell unless you try

1

gambling

1

champion; (first-prize) winner; victor; titleholder

1

betting; gambling

1

heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind

1

beginner

3

instruction; teaching

1

government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official

1

to be clear-headed

1

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

1

one by one; one after another; successively

1

unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history

1

innumerable; countless; numberless

1

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

1

to boil strongly; to be excited

1

to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with

1

to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate

1

quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

1

floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star

1

large profit; a killing

1

presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

3

acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard

1