jpdb beta

smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft

2

step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

1

to pick up; to find; to gather

1

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

1

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

1

honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

3

near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides

2

to put on airs; to assume importance

1

essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)

1

beer

2

home delivery (of food); outside catering

1

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

1

good morning

1

to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)

1

centre; center

1

sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

1

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

2

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

5

big job; great task

1

in person; personally; directly

1

to take command; to give direction

1

siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

1

whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall

1

sailing; marching; going out; dispatch

1

to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A

1

passing each other

1

to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate

1

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

1

leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase

1

commanding officer

1

to rely on

1

sign; signal; cue

2

fantasia

1

illusion

1

to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

1

strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

2

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

1

cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible

1

to get information out of a person; to begin listening

1

simultaneous; all at once

1

attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation

2

absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily

1

unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy

1

suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)

1

percent

1

to go to meet somebody

1

wall; fence

2

animal

1

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

1

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

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