jpdb beta

pattern; design

1

to listen attentively to; to be lost in

1

to have meaning; to be meaningful

1

most suitable; optimum; optimal; best

1

next; then; after that

1

wild beast; wild animal; brute

1

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

3

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

6

harmony; reconciliation

2

change of course

1

to be doing; to be in the process of doing

1

media

3

not limited to; not just ...

3

technique; method

1

private enterprise; private business; private company; private firm; private-sector business; private-sector corporation

1

speaker

5

comical

1

trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled

1

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

2

special-feature program

1

course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)

1

to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of

4

rapid-fire comic dialogue

2

distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration

3

the two; both

1

great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty

1

glory

1

life span

1

at any rate; anyhow

1

regularly; promptly; sound of clashing swords; Manchu queue; padded sleeveless kimono jacket; Japanese vest (often for children)

1

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering

1

tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit

1

direct

1

unspecified large number (of people)

1

at least

1

word of mouth; comments written online (about a product, service, etc.); online reviews

2

ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound

2

bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite

2

marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)

2

stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

13

quietly; soundlessly

1

general public; the masses

1

purplish red

2

to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

1

evening sky; twilight sky

2

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

2

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

23

guard (soldier)

1

that gentleman; that lady; he; she

4