jpdb beta

serious look (on one's face); straight face

4

gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me

1

dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)

3

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

4

reluctantly; unwillingly

2

perception; intuition; the sixth sense

1

having many difficulties in store; grim prospects

2

four characters; four letters

1

to be able to manage somehow or another

2

entrance examination

1

deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score

1

handle; grip; knob

1

one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)

1

to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak

1

to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback

2

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

3

to come and see (someone, something); to visit

4

several times; a few times

1

retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out

2

management; administration; operation

1

to collide; to clash

1

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

2

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

1

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

2

to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off

2

to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

1

to amuse oneself; to make merry

1

guess; conjecture

2

preface; introduction; preamble

1

breath; breathing; tone; mood

4

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

1

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

2

circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

2

how (can); by what means

1

to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)

1

to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

1

to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

1

self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity

1

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

3

refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)

1

motion

1

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

2

grandiose; exaggerated

1

to suit; to match; to become; to be like

4

occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally

4

to happen to be present

1

meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody

4

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

3

(power of) imagination

2

to overwork

1