jpdb beta

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

1

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

1

to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

2

to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate

1

love affair; sensual pleasures

1

to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...

1

rearguard; rear guard; back (player)

1

follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot

2

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

1

long sleeves

2

season; time of year

4

proposal; proposition; suggestion

7

to leave (a scene); to step away

1

to disappear; to vanish

5

(in the) confusion (of the moment)

1

to spend time (on doing something)

2

to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

6

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

2

to do as one likes

2

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

2

bubble on the surface of water; (coming to) nothing; naught; something short-lived

1

work; operation; task

4

intervention

2

whistle (sound made with the lips)

1

exhaled air; exhalation; expiration

2

to unsheathe

1

abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary

2

the former; the first

2

to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

1

to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)

1

to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive

1

one by one; one after another; successively

4

fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)

3

to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off

3

to cease; to stop; to be over

1

to open some distance (e.g. with other people)

5

shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (of the economy, a project, etc.); losing momentum; loss of efficiency

2

dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing

2

the sixth sense; intuition; hunch

1

rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing

1

above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth

6

(once) again

1

(all) together

6

dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

4

cold sweat

1

to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase

4

(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase

3

time passes

1

out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do

1

room for growth; potential; promise

1