jpdb beta

to be itching to put one's skills to use

1

variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables

1

extremely important; essential; vital; crucial

3

debate; discussion

1

surface of the earth; ground surface

3

unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned

2

seeming sad

9

to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos

1

to stare back at; to look back at

6

to be jumbled together

2

defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence

1

as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie

1

shooting down (aircraft)

5

chasing; chase

1

roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

1

assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad

3

long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly

1

priest's garb

3

bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly

6

division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)

1

walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea); walkingstick; stick insect; leaf insect

1

bamboo spear

1

nature; the natural world; realm of nature

1

scratch; graze; abrasion

1

endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever

4

nimbly; lightly

1

fumes from an explosion

1

partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting

1

antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit

1

eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg

4

living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet

4

rotting; spoiling; decaying; rotten; worthless; paltry

1

(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age

3

careful selection

1

ice shard; ice shards

5

several steps

2

life

1

sorting fruit

4

internal organs; viscera; intestines

3

skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework

1

eye socket; orbit

1

chest; thorax

1

self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally

6

want to ... do something; would like to ...

1

all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent

1

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

3

to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do

3

cradle

1

(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings

1

taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

1