jpdb beta

abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping

3

trifles; minor details

1

intellectual

2

passion; temper; irritability

2

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

3

leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress

1

to bud; to sprout

1

to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out

3

profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

2

conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation

2

man with a gentle nature; man of delicate features; man of slender build; effeminate man; feeble man

1

lese majesty; lèse-majesté

1

that sort of; like that

1

looks

1

pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent

1

relic from an earlier age; something extremely outmoded

1

middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

23

to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)

5

patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending

1

to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over

1

sender

3

stamp (postage); merchandise certificate

1

postmark; (postal) cancellation mark

2

shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

1

fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material

1

Kossuth

1

waitress

1

bagel

4

loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness

1

to break the seal

1

demand note; dunning letter (note)

1

dismissal notice; pink slip (US)

1

tinned tuna; canned tuna

1

to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

1

unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene

2

fundamental human rights

2

love letter

1

macrocosmos; macrocosm; the universe; the cosmos

1

truth

4

to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

1

fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification

1

now is the time

1

core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel

1

worry; agony

1

independence of will or action; self-direction; autonomy; initiative; identity

1

to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

1

to sniffle; to snuffle; to sob

1

both persons

2

superb piece of work; masterpiece; exquisite item; perfection; unique article

1