jpdb beta

to shave off; to scrape off

1

high-pitched; shrill

3

shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream

11

intermittent

1

to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)

8

isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine

1

to live; to reside; to inhabit

2

everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular

4

usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally

11

to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

11

direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter

1

walking; going on foot

4

half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%

5

delicatessen

2

kitchen; financial situation

3

substitute for ...

4

once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone

17

evening; dusk

3

shopping; purchased goods

1

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

7

with the exception of; excepting; excluding

10

chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken

3

daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor

1

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

16

for two people; (work) of two; (meals) for two

2

styrene resin

2

container; receptacle; vessel; packaging

9

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

4

(cash) register; cashier

2

to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

2

shopping bag

4

to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

26

old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn

1

cylindrical

1

roadside; wayside

2

postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)

3

letter; missive; note; mail

27

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

6

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

5

line

1

to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold

31

airmail; air mail

3

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

1

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up

7

to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)

3

will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

3

sea; ocean; waters

4

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

1

to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit

15

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

7