jpdb beta

chance; opportunity

1

strategy meeting; council of war

1

plentiful; lot of; much; pile of

1

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

1

continuation; continuance; going on; resuming

1

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

1

conservative without party affiliation

2

spider

5

snake; serpent; large snake

5

newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)

2

to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in

2

point in common; common feature

1

poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

3

having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense

1

existence; being

4

the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

1

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

5

huntsman spider (Heteropoda venatoria)

2

why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!

3

gecko; house lizard

1

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

3

consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice

2

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

1

to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

1

straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

4

to raise overhead

1

call; hail; yell

1

with a "plop" (of tears, drop of water, etc.)

1

fall; drop; descent; coming down

1

palm (of one's hand)

1

insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness

1

eight (long cylindrical things)

1

to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of

1

to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain

1

clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

1

agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells

1

to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure

1

individual; specimen

1

rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via

1

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

1

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

1

to rescue from; to help out of; to save

1

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

1

favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude

1

to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

4

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

1

Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)

1

to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

5

to run about trying to escape

1

to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded

3