jpdb beta

chatting; idle talk

2

consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice

2

whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical

1

sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible

1

feigned innocence; feigned gentleness; fake modesty; feigned ignorance; playing dumb

2

way; method; means; (technical) specification

3

elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article

2

other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary

1

mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission

1

spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

1

wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency

1

in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once

3

tsunami; tidal wave

1

to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on

1

chill; shakes; ague

1

two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives

1

basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)

3

intuition; instinct; hunch

1

to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve

1

light pink; light crimson

1

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

3

lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

10

great success; big hit; (hitting the) jackpot; big win; being right on the mark (of a prediction); being bang on

1

probable; likely

1

has never (done, occurred); there has never been an instance (where); there is no precedent (for)

1

evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)

1

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less

1

(a place) within one's reach

1

curtain; curtains

1

to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself

1

to become possible; to become able to (do)

1

to take time

1

metronome

1

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

2

one-to-one; one-on-one

1

fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant

2

single (room); room for one; private room (in a restaurant, etc.); private dining room; (toilet) stall

3

rationalization; justification

1

to read (someone's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking

1

Vita

1

woodpecker

1

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

1

politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver

1

rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework

1

pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

2

to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)

1

in the future; another day; later

1

each other; one another

1

to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize

2