jpdb beta

threat; menace; coercion; blackmail

6

chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

30

unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy

1

in this way; along these lines; similarly

1

exquisite flavor (flavour); delectable flavor; delicious flavor; delicacy; delectable dish

2

to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain

1

in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever

2

demand; need; demand

3

ginger (Zingiber officinale)

1

off-topic (on an online thread)

1

tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity

1

to be impolite; to be discourteous

1

read-only memory; ROM; lurker (in an online community)

1

exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral

1

inside; interior; inner part

1

to go on reading

2

to be completely boiled; to be sufficiently boiled

2

to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate

7

boom; craze; (economic) boom; boom (of a boat); (microphone) boom

2

elder sister

2

eye contact

3

spread; span; expanse; extent

1

gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply

2

disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty

1

to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy

4

to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

7

empirically; from experience

1

behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing

1

possibly; maybe; perhaps

1

network; Internet; net (e.g. hairnet, tennis net); net (price, weight, etc.); nett

11

to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto

2

overacting; hamming

1

play; drama

5

becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed

5

bubbly; foamy; frothy

1

to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position

9

black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market

2

(incoming) attack; raid; invasion; assault

2

spontaneous; voluntary

2

standing at attention; standing stiffly upright

2

space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin

1

tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people

1

passionate; ardent; enthusiastic

2

thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned

1

dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings)

2

triple handicap (esp. blindness, deafness and mutism)

1

to be ill; to suffer from

2

skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper

1

to catch

1

person who just tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person; mindless follower; (lit.) goldfish feces

1