jpdb beta

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

26

talent; ability

6

to look away; to avert one's eyes

1

running continuously; firing in rapid succession

1

charge (electrical); recharging; charge (fee); topping up (a contactless smart card); recharging; refuelling; charge

1

slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose

1

without leaving any trace

1

direct hit

5

eyesight; seeing

2

short distance; short range; short-haul

2

designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at

4

action; operation; effect; function

1

time machine

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

4

change; alteration; modification

1

too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at

1

dangerous; risky

3

specialization; specialisation

2

... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...

3

in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw

2

great haste; mad rush

1

to take out; to drag out

2

utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole

1

to drag out

1

stoppage time; injury time; added time; lost time; wasted time

1

ahem

1

to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune

1

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

2

to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear

2

different dimension

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

2

right in half

1

all; everything

1

pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance

1

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

1

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

1

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

trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess

1

to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)

1

not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless

1

though one didn't intend (expect) to

1

handle; grip; holder; person who holds

2

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

4

to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)

1

moment; instant

1

to give the stamp of approval

1

extremely

1

easy; simple; light

3

to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

2

to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive

1