jpdb beta

fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard

1

to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

2

(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

5

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

7

fact; truth; reality

10

exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)

1

skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

4

black clothes

1

innocent; cherubic; childlike

2

gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

1

to lay aside; to set aside

2

death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

4

unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous

1

last days; the end; one's fate

1

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

5

to shake one's head (in denial)

2

(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

2

teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member

3

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

2

unqualified; without qualifications

2

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

2

proper; right; reasonable

1

to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)

1

no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

1

difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

5

one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)

2

to make an enemy (of); to antagonize

1

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

10

searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something

1

taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration

2

gist; main point

1

won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

2

silence (not speaking); muteness

8

to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect

7

trademark

1

to let one's hair hang down

1

sophisticated; refined; witty; urbane; unconstrained

1

to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly

1

one's (only) good suit (or kimono)

1

dust; one ten-billionth

1

whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering

4

to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

11

to have the nerve to

3

as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

2

inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front

1

to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

1

to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough

2

wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue

1

and yet; though; when; in spite of

2

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

2