jpdb beta

viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side

2

very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just

1

less than; under; below

1

acquaintance

1

great admiration; deep respect

1

price; cost; value; worth; value

3

happiness in the next world; heavenly bliss; repose of one's soul

1

prayer; supplication

1

rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment

1

winning percentage

1

betting; gambling

1

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

2

bluff

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

1

in perfect form; going swimmingly

1

to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)

1

mechanical

2

to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)

2

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

1

evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround

1

(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure

2

trash can; garbage can; rubbish bin; dustbin

2

sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment

1

thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack

1

snake; serpent; large snake

2

regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

1

(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill

1

large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together); latch; lock

1

greens

1

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

1

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

2

beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time

1

to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to

3

(in) her way; peculiar to her

2

pride; dignity; self-respect

1

to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of

1

bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

1

to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

1

to distract one's attention

1

twelve o'clock; midnight; noon

1

announcement of time; time signal; news report; newsletter

1

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

2

to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

1

madness; insanity; madman; mania; craze; obsession

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest

3

place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed

1

pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable

1

square shoulders

1

spontaneous discharge; sudden outburst; accidental gun discharge

1