jpdb beta

faltering; hesitation

3

trouble; bother; annoyance

1

separate; respective; different

2

purpose; utility; objective; way to use something

5

easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic

1

appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right

1

with a squirt; spurt; with a whoosh; zipping; with a sudden whistle (e.g. gust of wind)

1

water pistol; squirt gun; water gun

1

in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run

1

deadlock; stalemate; standstill; hopeless position; lost game; zugzwang

1

dome

5

echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions

2

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

5

chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go

1

guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark

1

deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end

1

dawn; daybreak

2

outer rim of a crater

2

interior; inside; internal

7

to hate; to detest

1

personality; character; personal appearance; gentility

1

long journey; long trip

1

(staying) one night; overnight stay; overnight rental; per-night rental

1

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

6

to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

1

it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...

2

unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

1

to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)

2

unknown

1

higher rank; better position

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

22

to return; to come back

3

judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal

1

eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

to turn over; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (a flag); to let (a skirt, cape, etc.) flap in the wind

3

being in one's room (office, etc.)

1

profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately

2

to pull open

2

to get dry

3

displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment

2

to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

2

bookshelf; bookcase

4

repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row

1

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

1

association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

3

to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down

2

deep crimson

4

carpet; rug; runner

1

to hang on the wall

1