jpdb beta

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty

1

starting point; starting line

1

not one to talk; who are you to say; look who's talking

1

pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing

2

foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)

2

to come back

2

to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop

1

partly open; in half bloom

2

while being out of the office or away from home

1

bang; slam; thud; crash

2

to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)

2

frog

1

low voice; whisper

2

to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

3

don't worry about it; never mind; that's OK

1

end; close; finish; end of play (in go)

1

to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)

2

encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation

1

to drop one's shoulders

4

ding-dong dash; ding-dong ditch; ringing a doorbell and running away

1

bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

3

head and body; heads tall (ratio of total height to length of the head); heads long

1

nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner

2

positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

4

to get lost; to become lost; to go astray

1

by today; before the day is over

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

4

once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

3

to be inclined to do; to be willing to do

1

to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself

1

sure; yeah; I know

10

once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

1

end; conclusion

2

scenery; scene; landscape

1

to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

2

to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high

1

to do for (the sake of someone else)

1

it seems that; as if

5

to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

4

opening (of a bottle); broaching; beginning; opening; commencement (e.g. of sales)

1

to be thirsty

1

upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere

1

sunlight

3

to rain incessantly; to downpour

1

heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

3

heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever

3

to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up

3

abnormal weather

1

weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather

5

dancing or jumping for joy

1