jpdb beta

sobriety; soberness; sober face

2

climax; uprush; bulge

1

surely

1

shadow figure; silhouette

1

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

2

irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination

3

compound fracture; complex fracture

1

elbowing (someone); rejection; rebuff

1

intelligent; wise; sagacious; smart-alecky; cheeky

1

needle-point holder (in ikebana); frog

1

far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for

1

flattery

1

shrewd; astute; cunning; alert

1

patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)

1

shotgun

1

counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.

1

previously; already; for some time; for quite a while

2

rubbish heap; garbage dump

1

to flutter down

2

to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)

1

leaving everything up to someone else

1

poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)

1

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

3

palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap

1

to form a circle; to move in a circle; (lit.) to draw a circle

6

doctrine; rule; principle; -ism

1

snow-white; pure; immaculate

4

to frolic; to revel; to make merry

1

to overdo; to do too much

4

incense stick

1

flat; superficial; surface-level; one-dimensional

1

riding (on horseback); mounting (a horse)

1

through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of

2

severity

1

to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto

2

autosuggestion; self-suggestion

1

writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)

3

inflow; influx

2

to trace back to (the origins of something)

1

young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice

1

Incarnation (of Christ)

1

with no regard to appearances; not caring about how one looks

1

easy to deal with; tractable; manageable

1

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

1

usage; way to use; utilization

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step

2

day by day

1

great depth; bottomless; great height

1

person being waited for; person who waits

1

you; hubby; dearie

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