jpdb beta

to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love

1

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

3

to burst (open); to break; to split

1

sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

1

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

1

eavesdropping; tapping

1

in good taste; tasteful; having good taste; having a cultivated taste

1

as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

5

circuitous; roundabout; indirect

1

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

1

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

1

convenient; handy; useful

3

way (of doing); manner; method; means

2

independent action; acting alone

1

to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

1

to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

3

to do someone in; to bump someone off

2

after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.

1

to lose sight of; to miss

1

wise saying; famous saying

2

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

2

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

1

unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

1

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

3

such; like that; that sort of; very

1

to not take seriously; to take lightly

2

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

9

previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

7

bring it on!

1

shogi; Japanese chess

2

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

1

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

8

principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general

1

ohajiki; traditional Japanese children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces made of coloured glass or plastic

1

defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

4

orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course

5

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

1

fatal; deadly; mortal

2

to have full knowledge (of something); to know something thoroughly

1

unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very

2

to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes

1

presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

1

puddle; pool of water

1

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

1

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

4

piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)

1

light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight

2

before long; even now

3

unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

2