jpdb beta

to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze

1

small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

1

metallic sound; metallic clank

1

glass; pane

2

rear; back; reverse

3

starting (machine, engine, car, etc.); activation

7

departure; takeoff

3

diagonal

1

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

1

thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket

6

mantle; cloak; manteau

1

stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller

1

roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly

2

sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

4

(about) middle; midway

1

pinioning; binding arms behind the back

1

goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis

1

bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching

1

platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala

6

to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get

1

to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous

1

idling

2

to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)

1

to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)

4

dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge)

1

leather belt

2

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

1

taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...

1

alternately; by turns

1

black clothes

1

unknown; unidentified; unspecified

1

weird; eerie; uncanny

1

beautiful face; good looks; beauty

2

salute; bow

2

to drag in; to pull in

1

towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

2

antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions

9

linear

2

relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

1

to rush back; to run back

1

to smash down; to beat in

1

to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on

6

to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

1

creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)

1

hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)

1

to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain

4

after; later

1

timing

1

door (Western-style, car, etc.)

1

end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

1