jpdb beta

schoolboy; male student

1

class

3

with a start; with a jump

2

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

3

thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

3

upper end; top; tip; top edge

4

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

2

home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain

1

torturing to death; tormenting to death

1

Kach

1

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

1

tall (of a person)

4

to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove

2

quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance

1

pen-shaped; wand; stylus

1

pen nibs

1

carefully; closely; very; extremely; have no choice; cannot be helped

1

declaration; statement

1

successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; completely; thoroughly

2

to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

4

blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)

2

well done; good job

1

not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe; not completely displeasing; fairly pleasing

2

secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private

8

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

1

star of bad omen

1

to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out

4

small calibre; small caliber

1

indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided

1

smuggled goods

2

to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)

1

emergency; accident; worst case; unexpected occurrence

3

transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance

3

(in) my own way

1

to try all possible means

1

nowhere

1

pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad

1

remuneration; recompense; reward; toll

6

to write down

1

cheque; check

5

bay; gulf; inlet

3

start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game

1

tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling

2

fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way

1

(terrorist) suicide bombing

1

large box; chest

1

sniff-sniff (of an animal); whining; whimpering

1

trinitrotoluene; TNT

1

gunpowder; powder

1

single flower; one wheel; full moon

1