jpdb beta

ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea

3

to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)

2

mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly

9

district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society

6

collection; compilation

1

group; body; party; company; troupe; gang

1

(large) body; (bulky) frame; (hulking) figure

2

child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face

2

scoundrel; rascal; villain

1

to talk to oneself; to mutter

4

involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously

1

all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception

3

to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh

1

gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober

3

heavenly voice; off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict

1

having consent (e.g. to do something); having (someone's) assent

1

deep-seated grudge; hatred

3

joke; jest; banter

1

submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)

1

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

1

avoiding or dodging responsibility

1

antipathy; prejudice

1

loment; lomentum

1

to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded

1

colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance

1

(on) one's own; (by) oneself

1

difficult problem; challenge

1

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

1

counterattack; slashing back; railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip

1

to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal

1

to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet

1

changing one's mind

2

to mediate; to intervene

1

solution; solution strategy

1

open; public; official; overt

1

cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN

1

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

1

to start for home; to head for home; to make for home

1

to meet; to greet

3

living; lifestyle; living room

4

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

3

to look disheartened

1

secret

3

a little more

1

deliberation; (thoughtful) consideration; to consider a matter carefully

1

to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat

1

belly; abdomen; stomach

1

very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling

1

to hang on the wall

2

between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

2