jpdb beta

symphony

1

dark night

1

rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks

1

to tune in to a channel; to switch to a channel

1

to escape

2

ship's log; logbook

1

emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness

1

to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support

3

freelance

1

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

2

self-employed profession (e.g. actor, artist); liberal profession

1

fate; destiny; lot

2

unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)

1

quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless

1

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

5

to be; to exist

1

fourth rank; fourth class; fourth sign of the Chinese calendar; Denmark

3

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

3

snake eyes (dice); double ones

1

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

6

number one; first; best; most; game; round

5

a man's word is his bond; a man does not go back on what he's said

1

profuse sweat

1

to take a commission; to take a cut; to take a piece of the action; to take a kickback

1

to subsist; to keep on living

5

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

4

to receive divine punishment

1

lesson; precept; teachings; moral

6

comb

2

beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn

2

refrigerator; fridge

7

survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat

1

reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

1

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

1

trial; test

1

disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful

1

to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

2

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

1

to lend (e.g. money)

1

greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable

1

to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate

1

the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous

11

severe; strict; tough; hard

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

5

scar

1

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

3

to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee

4

to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught

1

to have an idea; to have a clue

1

myopia; shortsightedness; nearsightedness

1