jpdb beta

celery

1

to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim

3

to spare time (for)

1

to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss

2

texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail

2

electric current

1

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

5

what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak

1

practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner

1

slamming one's hand into the wall in front of someone (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic); banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour)

1

to take a photo with a mobile phone; to email a photo taken with a mobile phone

2

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

2

first person to say something; first person to suggest something; person who raised a matter

1

delusion; trick of the imagination

1

end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes

1

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended

1

all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception

1

joke; playfulness; kidding around

1

mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit

2

miso soup

1

to get over; to forget

1

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

5

Sunday

4

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

3

to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)

5

real time

1

call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question

1

calculation; self-interest; selfishness

1

invitation; introduction; temptation

3

(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around

2

leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase

4

picnic blanket

1

to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)

1

breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

5

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

3

to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting

2

to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce

2

to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent

1

swim meet; swimming gala

1

exclusion of males; (being) closed to men

1

mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

1

catalog; catalogue

2

sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)

2

muscle

3

(swimming) pool; pool (cue sport); pooling (money, resources, etc.); pool (price ring)

6

outdoors; outside

1

outdoor swimming pool

1

discovery; detection; finding

1

corner; nook

1

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

2