jpdb beta

reel

1

finishing blow; coup de grâce

1

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

5

zig-zag; zigzag

1

altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced

2

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)

1

to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

2

one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path

1

prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum

2

pile (fabric, nuclear reactor, structural support, etc.)

2

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

3

bunk beds; double bunk

1

for emergency use

2

place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed

2

dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined

1

thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting

1

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

1

wiring

1

coil

2

miniature light bulb; midget lamp

1

distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment

1

chief; main; principal; important

1

part; component

2

(telephone) receiver

6

vacuum tube

4

being ...

4

equipment; device; installation; stage setting

2

nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may

1

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

10

counter for articles; counter for military units; individual

3

radio (communication); wireless; not using wires

3

transceiver (send and receive)

1

(wireless) transceiver; radio; walkie-talkie

6

drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint

1

physical phenomenon

1

speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise

1

difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

1

handheld game console; portable game console

4

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

1

god-like existence; person far higher (in hierarchy, etc.) than oneself

1

antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions

4

temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical

2

oneself; myself

2

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

5

carrying (on one's person); taking with one

1

this sort of

1

composite; combined; complex

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

2

semiconductor; solid-state

2

normalcy; normality; normal

2