jpdb beta

trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism

1

selecting a suitable person; personnel selection

4

to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on

1

favoritism (esp. to relatives, associates, etc.); favouritism; nepotism

2

preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind

2

instead; but (on the other hand)

9

to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine

1

guaranteed; authentic; certified

1

tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)

3

hollow; cavity; hole

1

hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)

2

exposure; disclosure

1

to learn; to study; to take lessons in

8

to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain

1

to employ (as a retainer); to enlist; to engage

1

partition; division; discrimination; partiality; reserve; distance (in a relationship)

1

natural talents

1

softness; gentleness; weakness

1

heading; headline; index; headword

1

to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish

1

guess; speculation; supposition

3

to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about

6

self-protection; self-defence

2

reproachful; resentful; spiteful

2

serious injury

2

professor; teaching; instruction

6

pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course

2

right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

1

bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh

1

to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)

1

training; drill; practice; discipline

1

mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day

3

to go too far

2

to take into consideration; to use one's discretion

1

profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view

1

quiet unsociable person; obstinate person; blockhead

5

to talk to oneself; to mutter

1

previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time

1

noh chanting; noh chant

1

ruby; Jonathan apple; (arch.) glowing skin; (arch.) beautiful looks

1

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

1

stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension

5

area; region; district; locality

3

demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling

1

to give up searching (for someone or something)

2

call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)

2

intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex

1

kidnapping; kidnaping

3

joint struggle; common (united) front

2