jpdb beta

past forty; following right course

1

delusion; trick of the imagination

1

eggshell

1

youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess

3

convenient; handy; useful

3

to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled

1

martyr

1

ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)

1

begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

5

passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality

1

violence within a (student) sect; internal strife

1

one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays

1

including ...; inclusive of ...; bundling together (items of different size, quality, etc.); lumping together; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second

2

first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best

1

to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct

1

person concerned; person qualified; person in question; party; litigant (legal)

1

like this; in this way; as you see

3

self-determination; suicide

5

betrayal; defection; treachery; apostasy

1

China; Han dynasty (of China; 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man

1

plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution

1

idle; bored

1

leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

5

trial; test; try

2

disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

1

for goodness' sake; for the love of God; I implore you, ...; I beg of you, ...

1

sitting; stability

1

pink; erotic; blue; pornographic

1

heart; hearts (suit)

1

pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others

1

leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host

1

director (of a film, play, etc.)

2

to look at the long term

1

Expo '70 Commemorative Park

3

to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear

2

the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town

1

mediator; go-between; middleman; broker

3

older (person); elderly

1

(set of) facial features; looks

1

manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing

2

intellectual

1

to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

2

to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus

1

the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

1

public and private matters; official and personal affairs; professional and personal lives

1

both sides; two sides; double-sided

1

over-fond parent; doting parent

3

I pray; I wish

1

older employee who does not have much actual work

1

to have the privilege of doing

1