jpdb beta

extravagant; absurd

1

reluctant; hesitant

1

to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)

3

stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit

3

trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal

3

Paula

115

to increase; to add to; to augment

2

proposed site; site chosen

2

preliminary investigation

2

ecclesiastical authority; (church) educational authority; teacher's rights; teacher's authority

1

quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord

1

woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)

2

face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)

1

don't worry; no worries; never mind

1

above all else; more than anything

1

trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant

1

to look down on; to make light of

1

Andrew

40

to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)

1

to cut and prepare (stones)

3

first half

1

(in) one's absence

1

little power; little influence; (one's) poor ability; limited ability; what little one can do

1

whoosh (of something suddenly spreading, billowing, swelling, or gushing outward); fwoosh; (bursting) into tears; suddenly (crying)

2

being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem

1

head

1

opinion; intention; thought

1

noisily; with loud footsteps; in a crowd; incessantly; all together

1

roots of grass; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file; places hidden from sight

1

destruction; annihilation; extermination

1

high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous

2

pasturing (e.g. cattle); letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked

1

kindness; consideration

1

between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

1

undressed concrete; unfaced concrete; (golf) driving range

1

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

2

operating table

1

partially consumed drink; partially consuming a drink

1

cocoa (beverage, cocoa solids); hot chocolate

2

fire door; fire shutter

3

layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)

4

honeycomb construction; honeycomb structure

1

heat-resisting property

1

highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

1

electronic lock; electric lock

4

product; produce; result; fruit

2

security

1

paranoid; obsessive; fixated; monomaniacal

2

cost

2

firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away

1