jpdb beta

knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes

1

to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect

1

speaking with a trill; rolling one's r's

1

willpower; energy; vitality

1

bored; bored-looking; uninterested

1

like; as if; the same as

4

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

2

intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection

1

spare time; free time; leisure time

1

blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration

1

clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely

3

violin

24

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

2

repeatedly

1

creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata); family crest shaped like creeping woodsorrel

2

selective breeding

1

to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

1

part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)

1

snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

2

to renew; to replace; to change for; to attach anew

3

shape; form

1

colour and lustre; color and luster; complexion; colour; color

1

allergy

2

resin; rosin

1

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

2

mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)

3

well-versed (in); profoundly knowledgeable (about); high in the attainment (of)

1

table tennis; ping-pong

1

world champion

1

pluralizing suffix

3

bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse

5

way of calling

2

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

8

fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless

3

Air on the G string (Bach, from BWV 1068)

1

anecdote; brief (comic) story

3

to laugh scornfully

1

kiss

1

to look upward

1

to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

3

until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

1

north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

1

bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

7

to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited

2

mimetic muscles

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

4

song with lyrics about resentment and a sorrowful tune; resentful complaint

1

to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face

1

(pine) resin; turpentine

1