jpdb beta

framework (of a building); foundation; mainstay; support; supporter

1

crops; agricultural produce

1

without; unless; have to do

1

to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)

2

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

1

interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

1

Schmit; Schmitt; Shmidt; Szmidt

1

going through great pains in vain

1

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

1

to make the same; to have the same ...; to be of the same ...

1

having the same family name and given name (as someone else)

1

to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen

1

one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)

3

market (for goods, services, etc.); outlet (for selling); opening

1

inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn

1

(for) the time being; (for) the present; immediate; present; (for) some time (after); checking account

1

one's best interests; one's own good

1

first-rate; finest quality; the best

2

seat (of a chair)

4

to lie down; to throw oneself down

1

every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart

1

anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway

2

physical; bodily

1

to call each other; to call out to one another

1

Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

2

the ways of the world; human nature

1

to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

1

soldier; combatant; warrior

3

billboard; advertising tower; face (of a company, group, etc.); poster girl; poster boy

1

to take measures (against); to take steps

1

to hold still; to hold in place; to calm down; to become steady (e.g. of nerves); to become fixed (e.g. of a gaze); to become glazed

1

coercive; overbearing

1

metallurgy

1

during a stay

3

checking out (of a hotel); check-out

1

to be lazy; to be idle; to slack; to neglect (e.g. one's work); to be neglectful of; to skip (e.g. school)

1

well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)

1

deliverables; delivered product

2

to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left

2

statement of delivery; delivery slip; delivery note

2

highly unpredictable; touch and go

1

worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion

1

to persuade by tears; to use tears to get one's way

1

to face (a situation); to encounter; to be confronted with

2

basic research

1

to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame

1

English Channel

1

undersea cable; submarine cable

1

opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. of a road to traffic); resumption of services

2

to creep about; to crawl around

1