jpdb beta

future; distant future

1

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

2

to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

1

to (do) like this

2

both parties; both sides

4

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

1

to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)

2

traces; evidence

1

arbitration; intercession; mediation

2

to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject

1

supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

1

that's the way it is; such is life

3

face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members

1

at a moment's notice; readily

1

strategic

2

careful; elaborate; scrupulous

1

very great; enormous; serious

4

to suffer a loss

1

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

1

to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect

1

shades of evening; dead of night

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire

1

splendid; magnificent; gorgeous

1

front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive

1

disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

3

middle of the night; dead of night

1

praise; admiration; commendation; approbation

1

how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

1

secret; private; surreptitious

1

to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage

1

counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

1

damage; injury; loss

2

to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

1

hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic

1

exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin

1

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

2

had better ...; had better not ...

1

merry; joyful; gleeful

2

laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

2

longevity; long life

1

twenty-six

1

opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing

2

to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off

1

nihilistic

2

fast horse

1

to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

1

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

2

proxy; representative

1

to arrive

2