jpdb beta

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

1

conspirators; faction; cabal; clique

1

to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

1

shin; shank; lower leg

1

sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)

1

hamachi; young Japanese amberjack; young yellowtail

1

shriek; scream

1

(one's) self; oneself

3

who?

1

to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature

1

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

2

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

2

this morning

1

knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle

1

miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

1

contagion; infection

1

extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out

1

to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

1

slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

1

steadily

1

to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide

4

to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

1

evolution; progress

1

process; course; mechanism

1

meaning; significance; sense

2

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

5

general idea; concept; notion

1

Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers

1

trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

2

attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation

1

harassment; pestering

1

to be sad; to mourn for; to regret

5

positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)

1

crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness

1

intellectual

1

sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole); easily; suddenly; completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly; disappointing; curling up into the fetal position

1

formalin

1

pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of

1

creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

2

worm

1

form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

2

breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction

2

how long; how much; to what extent

2

to hunger for love; to starve for love

1

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

1

thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article

1

even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)

1

to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

1

Pandora's box

2