jpdb beta

to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

2

tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?

1

pleasant; charming

3

meaning; called; said

2

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

3

other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but

9

comedy; funny show

3

king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)

3

languid; listless

1

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

8

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

8

my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!

1

ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

2

the ... in question

2

Chaplin

1

above; more than

1

expression; presentation; representation; notation

3

vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

2

particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information

2

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

1

corner; nook; recess

3

faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling

1

mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

2

to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

3

indicates question

17

(something) one does not really mean; insincere

1

this morning

1

compared with

3

dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

1

hideout; secret base of operations; safe house

2

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

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

6

apparently; appears to be

3

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

2

confinement

2

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

2

in order to do; for the purpose of doing

1

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

2

corpse; kanji "corpse" radical

4

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

4

few days

1

sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

3

Mamiya

1

to steal (from a person)

1

disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

1

which; what (way)

3

position; location; base; point; site

2

medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)

3