jpdb beta

personnel selection

1

setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage

1

talent; ability

2

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

1

to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone

2

miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless

1

to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved

1

should do; ought to do

4

to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

1

to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with

1

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

1

opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part

1

farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)

1

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

3

to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted

1

to bring back; to restore

2

judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire

3

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

3

diameter

1

to make an appearance; to show up

3

to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around

1

suddenly; all of a sudden

4

serious reflection; soul-searching; penitence

1

one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation

1

to pay

1

performing without rehearsal

1

to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)

2

vitality; (one's) life force

1

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

1

revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)

1

the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

4

fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge

1

to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time

3

double; twice (as much); twofold

2

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

2

to fight; to exchange blows; to rally

2

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

1

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

2

steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy

1

injury; wound

1

to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)

4

beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions

1

astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum

1

to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

4

both; (not) either

1

to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence

1

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

1

to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)

1

sense of pain

2

self-healing; spontaneous recovery

1