jpdb beta

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

2

to get (something) done cheaply; to keep costs down; to finish at low cost

1

street; quarter; district; area

3

nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened

1

ESPer; one who has ESP (extrasensory perception)

1

big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with

1

amount; quantity; measuring; weighing

1

having no plan; acting without a plan; acting impulsively

1

luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at someone's expense)

2

shortage; amount outstanding (e.g. on loan); deficit

1

being left out; being ostracized

4

energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy

5

to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

2

to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough

5

of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)

1

armor and helmet

4

to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority

1

local rebels

1

practice; training

2

first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag

6

to allow a less skilled person to practice with one (esp. in sumo)

1

to lend (e.g. money)

1

all but dead; half killed

1

burdening; bearing; load (electrical, mechanical, etc.); stress; stress testing (of physical function or performance); provocative testing

1

to be on a (completely) different level; to be on a different scale; to be in a different league; to be of a different order of magnitude; to stand no comparison

6

hero; bold person; daring person; great person; extraordinary person

2

green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn

1

the times; the world; society

1

at any cost; at any price; at any expense

5

excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence

2

Lord; Highness; (arch.) you

1

to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed

3

to turn the lights off

1

moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)

2

hubbub; din; noise

1

to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (of a voice or sound)

2

fishing tackle

1

fishing

1

learning from observing others

5

to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

4

discharge (e.g. of water from a dam); release of fish (into a river, pond, etc.); stocking with fish (a river, etc.); (arch.) banishment; (arch.) exile

1

introduced species; non-native species; alien species

1

sun (approx. 3 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess

1

catch (fishing); amount of fish caught; caught fish

1

pitching ability; counter for throws (of a javelin, bowling ball, etc.); counter for casts (of a line)

2

to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased

6

(fish) biting at every cast

1

this place; where one comes from; here

1

costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.)

1

strike zone

1