jpdb beta

hallway slippers; indoor shoes

1

to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees

1

to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

4

literally; to the letter; literal

1

to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead

1

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate

1

electricity; (electric) light

2

pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)

1

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

2

to peel off and fall; to flake away

1

pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt

1

Russia

1

fire; flame; blaze

2

must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall

1

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

4

to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

1

calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable

1

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

2

which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

2

malice; ill will; bad air; noxious vapour; miasma

1

talk; chat

1

calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind

2

at least

1

in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

3

cancer

1

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

1

human; humane

1

laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)

1

with a burst of strength; rapidly; in one go

1

to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)

1

to perspire; to sweat

1

to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over

1

to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces

1

breastbone; sternum

1

perfect; complete; flawless

1

safety; security

2

to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)

3

saliva; sputum

2

to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

1

bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

1

to uncork a bottle

1

there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately

2

to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)

1

period (e.g. class)

2

classic (work, esp. book); the classics

1

being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

2

Kitaoka

5

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

1

disastrous scene; terrible spectacle

1

to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike

1