jpdb beta

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

4

vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard

2

to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

1

comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly

2

edition; version; plate; block; counter for editions of a publication

1

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

1

to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate

1

to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped

1

kneecap

1

seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways

1

to make eyes at; to leer; to ogle; to ingratiate oneself; to toady; to flatter

1

to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

3

to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)

1

second (unit of time); arc second

1

to need; to demand; to take; to require

1

continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

1

to sell off; to dispose of

2

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

1

to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

1

teary eyes

1

feelings of rejection

1

to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust

2

calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing

1

thuddingly; plumping down (like a heavy weight)

1

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

3

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

1

being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands

1

any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer

2

territory; domain; field; area; domain; region

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

10

way; method; means

1

weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain

1

to sob

2

oof; ough; ulp

2

sobbing; sob; weeping

3

before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later

1

ideal weather for an outing

1

fine weather; fair weather

1

damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing

1

precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)

1

to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

1

crybaby; blubberer

2

weak; feeble

3

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

1

(power of) imagination

2

burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong

2

to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)

2

erosion; corrosion

1

economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless

2

to stop (plug) one's ears

1