jpdb beta

to build; to construct

1

site; plot; lot; grounds

1

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

2

scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand

2

coupon

1

to tear; to rip

1

long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)

1

to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly

1

prostitution; call girl business

1

curious onlookers; rubbernecks

5

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

1

noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing

1

to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business

1

light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments

1

to ride up to; to drive up to; to get used to riding; to get used to driving

1

passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger

1

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

2

to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

1

wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people

1

photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording

1

police officer; policeman; policewoman

12

gesture; charades (game)

1

every person; every mouth; every entrance

1

vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel

1

to push aside; to brush aside

1

to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate

1

to move forward; to move on

2

to force back; to jostle

1

head; lead; vanguard; first

1

neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching

1

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way

1

huge; gigantic; enormous

1

buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end

3

to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)

1

informal summer clothes for men (short jacket and trousers)

2

puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex

2

to rack one's brains

1

misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

6

arrest; apprehension; capture

2

association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

1

handcuffs; manacles

1

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

2

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain

3

to give a glance (at); to take one look at

1

dubious; puzzled; suspicious

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

2

field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken

3

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

1

ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid

1

covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory

1