jpdb beta

odd; strange; queer; peculiar

1

hostility; antagonism; opposition

1

stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous

1

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

3

head; leader; top; (arch.) important part

1

battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war

1

making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)

1

trivial; trifling; insignificant; stupid; nonsensical; absurd

1

firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation

1

to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off

5

signal gun; starting gun

1

to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up

1

to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat

2

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

6

to rise into importance; to gain strength; (lit.) to raise one's head

1

rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism

2

just this side of; one step short of; on the brink

1

sweating; perspiration; sudation; hidrosis; diaphoresis

1

climax; peak; zenith; apex

1

to reach; to get to; to arrive at

1

to speak unclearly; to speak inarticulately; to pronounce poorly; to slur one's words; to lisp

1

severe; harsh; rigorous; trenchant; scathing; sharp

1

dispersing; vanishing

1

to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback

1

to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

4

brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment

1

gluttonous; greedy

1

treasure

2

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down

1

without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly

1

to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

1

snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation

1

selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested

2

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

2

because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every

1

to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled

1

to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way; to grow freely (e.g. of weeds)

1

qualifications; requirements; capabilities

3

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

3

pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead

4

to do over; to remake; to resume

1

to the extent possible; as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; wherever possible; if (at all) possible

1

to speak; to say; to vocalize

1

advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (player)

1

rearguard; rear guard; back (player)

2

maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling

2

rapid succession (e.g. questions)

1

in succession; one by one

1

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

6

excess; surplus; superabundance

1