jpdb beta

beginning; clue; starting point

1

to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel

1

enumeration; citation; listing

1

hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack

1

flabby; limp; soft and pliable

1

to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl

2

um; er; nuh-uh; no; oof

4

patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy

2

to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease

2

single word; a few words; brief comment

7

irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness

1

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

2

to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up

2

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

1

to be helpful; to be useful

3

nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may

2

relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

2

search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation

4

to become clear; to be made public

1

sigh

1

good feeling; feeling good

1

to jump at; to be attracted by

3

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money

2

bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial

1

jet black

1

it's already too late

1

to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained

1

to catch one's attention

1

to be the case that

1

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

3

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

2

to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound

2

black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person

3

one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing

1

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

4

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

3

handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct

1

to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

1

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)

1

to add (e.g. a postscript)

1

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

6

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

6

expression; presentation; representation; notation

2

downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

1

(sole of the) paw; pad

2

to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart

3

almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time

1

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

6

declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

1

to empty; to vacate; to evacuate

1