jpdb beta

Cerberus

1

newly arrived; newly joined; newly entered; newcomer

2

clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff

3

unforgettable; impossible to forget; lucidly remember

1

(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season

1

three-pronged; three-way (e.g. outlet, intersection); trifurcated; three-pronged fork; trident

1

ouch

2

neocortex; neopallium

1

with curious eyes; curiously

1

even if I told you

1

taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction

4

grey; gray; gray (SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation)

1

steady; sound; stable; safe (e.g. business); reliable; trustworthy

1

(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability

5

platform truck; hand truck; trolley; truck; bogie

6

three-way junction; three-way intersection

2

to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)

1

to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile

4

pup; puppy; whelp; damn dog; mutt

2

tsk-tsk (used to indicate that someone is mistaken); tut-tut

1

crummy; shabby; petty; lousy; puny; cheap

3

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

12

tapetum; tapetum lucidum

1

what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?

1

general affairs department (bureau); executive section

1

original form; base form

3

chimera; chimaera; chimera; chimaera

3

(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress

1

laboratory animal; experimental animal

6

for fun; half in jest

1

class-B; B class; B grade; second rate

1

hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn

1

to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down

16

mania; wild excitement

2

gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step

1

the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

7

composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition

1

hard to please; difficult; particular; bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased

1

what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

1

call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question

2

after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on

1

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

1

insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile

1

(written) petition

1

short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling

3

log; log; logarithm; log (tree trunk or branch); logbook (of a ship or aircraft); log (device for measuring the speed of a ship)

1

awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely

1

general inspection; complete overhaul

1

power cable; power lead

4

to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of

6