jpdb beta

crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift

3

mortar; plaster; stucco

1

wood (for building); lumber; timber

3

broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens

2

ash; ashes

1

to scatter; to blow about; (arch.) to spread a rumor; (arch.) to talk around

1

predation; eating prey; preying upon

6

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

3

to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off

1

proud; arrogant; haughty

2

to this extent

1

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

2

sugar

1

plentiful; lot of; much; pile of

3

(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever

1

paving stone; pavement

1

antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit

2

hollow; cavity; dent; depression

1

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

5

wild animal

2

nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert

2

to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside

1

astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock

4

to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip

1

pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous

1

deadlock; stalemate

1

glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off

1

(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality

1

break in the deadlock

1

to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence

1

demonstration; manifestation; protest

1

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

3

matter of time; question of time

2

to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of

3

one's mind

8

(once) again

3

hen's egg

1

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

1

historic; historical; traditional

1

meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence

1

mysteries of one's master's art; robes and a bowl (monk's key possessions auctioned off at his funeral); (fig.) transmission of the dharma from master to disciple (in Zen)

1

to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch

1

soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction

1

guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)

2

to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt

2

practical skill

2

seminar room

1

leaking out; leak

8

aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

1

cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

1