jpdb beta

to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

1

dust; one ten-billionth

2

author (usu. of a particular book); writer

1

minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough

1

scientific

1

to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye

2

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

9

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

1

in front of your nose; right next to you; tip of one's nose

1

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

1

to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation

1

exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure

1

thoughtful; deep-thinking

1

to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

1

long metal chopsticks (for handling charcoal, esp. in a brazier); fire tongs

1

to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

1

to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out

1

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

6

to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed

1

thereupon; shortly thereafter

3

reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre

2

to assemble; to set up; to construct

1

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

1

on the occasion of; at the time of

2

refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing

1

to misunderstand

2

to be conceivable

1

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

1

by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance

3

extremely important; essential; vital; crucial

1

to hesitate to say

1

it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as

1

win; victory

3

altogether; entirely

1

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

2

tip of one's nose

1

millet grain; something extremely tiny

1

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

1

efficacy

1

batter

1

to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

1

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

5

to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

1

journal; magazine; periodical

2

surplus power; momentum; impetus; inertia

1

to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)

1

to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

2

to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself

1

probability

2

from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road

1