jpdb beta

way of talking; speaking style

1

ho-ho

3

I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality

1

to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful

1

one example of (when there are more examples)

1

to push aside; to brush aside

3

amount of force (required to do something); (using the) right amount of force; appropriate use of force

2

belligerence; fighting spirit

1

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

2

glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly

1

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

3

seeing; looking at

2

to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

4

in the same manner as before; the same as always

3

delicately; weakly; gently; supplely

1

thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)

1

to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with

2

concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)

1

on a routine basis; regularly; habitually

4

crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive

1

to anticipate; to foresee

2

romance; love's pathway

3

imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

3

secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method

1

circuitous; roundabout; indirect

1

way of asking; way of listening; listener

1

to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own

1

quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless

1

losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down

1

to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be

2

living thing; living creature; animal; life

7

approach; approach shot

2

to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind

2

home cooking

3

unspecified large number (of people)

1

short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty

1

ability; skill; facility

2

busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

5

good idea

1

to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature

1

ingredient; foodstuff

1

to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot

1

(brand-)new article

1

(husked grains of) rice

1

sampling food; tasting; trying

1

charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

2

noisy; boisterous

1

kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food

1

to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together

1

saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot

1