jpdb beta

pride; dignity; self-respect

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1

to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)

4

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

1

will; volition; intention; intent; determination

4

heart and soul; one's soul (heart)

1

oratory; eloquence

2

unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

2

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

9

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

4

to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap

1

to rush over; to run up to

4

low voice; whisper

2

feelings; thoughts; meaning

3

to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care

1

to bear fruit

2

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

5

dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops

1

absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted

1

open-mouthed

4

thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about

3

tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing

1

wheat; barley; oat (oats)

1

grain; cereal; corn

2

fruit

2

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

1

soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light

2

bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread

1

domestic animals; livestock; cattle

2

abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

8

to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

1

to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated

4

fat; tallow; lard; grease

1

dressed carcass; meat on the bone

1

in the end; on top of that

1

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

1

vegetable

2

salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

1

spice; spices; condiment

2

thought to be; seen as

1

kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes

1

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

3

empty space; empty sky

4

in succession; one by one

1

dumbfounded; in mute amazement

6

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

1

as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state

8

waterfall; (arch.) rapids

1

to hide; to conceal

10

that well-known ...

9