jpdb beta

thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned

1

appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right

4

with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)

6

I can tell you; heh

4

tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance

5

air conditioning; air cooling

2

look of amazement; looking dumbfounded

1

mechanical pencil; automatic pencil

2

to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)

7

to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance

1

opposite mirrors

3

to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

2

to be something familiar

1

exemption; exoneration; discharge

1

report; paper; reportage

2

presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in

4

admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment

5

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

3

school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered

1

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

5

bright; intelligent

1

all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

5

subject; curriculum

1

perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite

4

English (language)

6

puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex

1

expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face

1

answer; solution

1

ogling; eyeing (lecherously); leering; staring

2

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

9

hard worker; hardworking person

1

to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy

2

borrowing

1

harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross

1

cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)

1

reference book

2

to conceal; to hide

3

male instincts; male frivolity

1

high praise; great admiration; rave reviews

6

perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime

1

textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

2

shout; yell; scream

1

desk

13

to fall prostrate

3

steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive

2

optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion

9

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

6

willpower; energy; vitality

3

to have meaning; to be meaningful

4

good grief

2