jpdb beta

just because; even if; even though

1

cold sweat; greasy sweat

3

though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

1

wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing

1

doctors; teachers

2

without doing

2

elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance

1

wit and intelligence

2

with all due respect ...; I venture to say ...; Excuse me, but ...

2

guts; pluck; nerve; spirit

2

sharp tongue; eloquence

1

listening attentively; auricle (of the atrium)

4

sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

1

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

2

woman who deceives men

3

lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout

1

bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible

1

lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy

1

negative; minus

1

to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

3

elbow

1

to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch

1

round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm

2

gun point; muzzle

5

undershirt (worn under a kimono); singlet

3

hesitation; hindrance; washroom

2

weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset

3

breechloader

1

shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try

2

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

16

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

8

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

3

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

3

gun; rifle; small arms

5

above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth

1

shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length

3

wounded; injured

1

eloquence; oratory

1

to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude

1

pistol; revolver

8

one eye; one of one's eyes

1

to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)

3

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

4

to take turns; to mingle together

1

bullet; shot; shell

4

to stick into; to pierce; to run into

1

one's party piece; parlor trick; hidden talent

1

arrogant; haughty; stuck-up; arrogant bastard; snob

1

as if to say; as much as to say; as though

1

demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend

2