jpdb beta

joint; seam; joining point

1

dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; openmouthed (with surprise)

1

secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening

3

to laugh scornfully

1

whole surface; entire

2

ahead (of); before; slightly earlier

1

elderly woman

1

positioning

2

large build; large pattern

2

covert action; covert operations

1

to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)

2

without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...

1

to receive an invitation

1

elderly woman; noh mask of an old woman

3

steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking

1

to bear fruit

1

study (of); discussion; discourse; inquiry; research article; academic paper

1

reexamination; reinspection; retest; recheck

2

piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper

2

to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)

1

rich person; wealthy person; taking good care of things; keeping things for a long time and taking care of them

1

having little left; having few remaining; running short; running low; scant

1

I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago

3

one-ring scam; one ring; disconnecting a call after one ring has gone through

2

answering machine; answerphone

1

to call again; to call (someone) back

1

to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. a page); to turn back; to double back; to enter (the second half; e.g. of a match); to do immediately (e.g. call back, answer an email)

1

hindrance; impediment

5

big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)

1

handling one's workmen

1

systematic

1

adoration; admiration; devotion

1

permanent; perpetual; persistent; lasting

1

to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do

1

foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone

1

(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book

1

closely-guarded secret; top secret

2

getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

1

speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought

2

falsehood and truth; fiction and fact

4

tricking someone (into confirming or revealing the truth)

1

about 80%; almost certainly; mostly

1

exclusive; attached to; specialist

4

in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability

5

mail; postal matter; postal item

7

late at night; small hours of the morning

1

to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever

1

after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval

1

voiceprint

1

chopsticks; (something) at hand; (in) one's possession; (near) one's hands

2