jpdb beta

slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear

1

secret; secrecy

1

learning about the world; preparation for life in the community; work experience

1

link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic

1

employment; hire

1

frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

2

opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access

2

a period (of time)

1

experiment; experimentation

1

to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

1

to watch what one says; to mind one's language

1

to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen

1

information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing

1

to swarm; to gather

1

astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast

1

it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...

1

roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly

1

to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

1

to hold (a ceremony); to perform

1

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

1

looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance

1

making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)

1

geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; net; geta

2

to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside

1

to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official

1

superstition; superstitious belief

1

furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

1

dice; die

3

advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner

1

front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced

1

a half; 50%

1

value; worth; virtue; blessing

1

all together in a line; all together in a lump; dressed sloppily; inappropriately dressed for the occasion

1

protruding eyes; person with protruding eyes; result of a dice roll; number of pips visible after a throw of the dice

2

prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism

2

random; unintentional; unintended

1

lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots); balloting

1

process; course; mechanism

1

to cross one's mind; to occur to one

1

feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear

1

abandoning (hope, plans); giving up

1

perception; sensation; awareness

1

to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)

11

harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross

1

count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down); count (of radioactivity)

1

encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)

1

to lure (someone) out; to lure away; to decoy out

3

how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

1

by all means; no matter what; at any rate

2

second; number two; runner-up

1