jpdb beta

as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

1

occasional; infrequent; rare

1

easygoing; optimistic; conceited

1

very; extremely; absurd; ridiculous; excessive; extreme

1

to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

1

fair; fair ball; fair (event)

1

part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden

1

to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless

1

words of praise; eulogy; compliment

1

strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules

1

being caught in one's own trap; being hoisted by one's own petard

1

minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback

1

interest; eagerness; enthusiasm

1

likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do

1

to worry (about); to be concerned (about); to have trouble doing ...; to struggle to ...

1

cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping

1

suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly

1

huge win; overwhelming victory

1

to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate

1

bedrock

2

to be itching to put one's skills to use

1

bell ringing (chiming)

1

thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound

2

calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")

2

Ceret (France); Serrai (Greece)

9

someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran

1

disillusionment; disillusion; disenchantment

3

brooch

9

ball; dance

1

gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling; ornate; gaudy; flowery

1

dignified; austere; imposing

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

11

bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving

2

porthole

1

one's personal opinion

1

other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha

2

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

1

flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times

2

hanging garden; hanging gardens

1

audience with someone of high rank (e.g. the emperor)

1

to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

1

rain cloud

6

enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier

2

fighting bravely; strenuous efforts

1

to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)

1

eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo

1

to awake from one's sleep

1

scribble; scrawl

1

to leave as is; to ignore

1

rut; wheel track; furrow; groove; (fig.) footsteps; (fig.) wake

1