jpdb beta

to return

1

anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

1

surely; certainly; without doubt

2

I; we

1

dignitaries; very important persons; VIPs

1

bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence

1

comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)

5

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

9

saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension

2

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

5

contrary to one's expectations

1

thus; in this way; like this

2

gifts given to or received by a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)

9

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

1

as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state

18

humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code

2

one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre

3

reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with

1

have to do; must; should; ought to

3

foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature

6

manners; courtesy; etiquette

2

actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)

1

again

3

to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres; square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

3

vinegar

1

fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized

2

to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship

2

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

1

in; on; at (place); as for; regarding

2

serious; not joking; straight

5

barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house

1

vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance

3

(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

14

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

2

giving; presenting

3

reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...

4

personage; person (deserving of respect)

1

battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war

3

to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

4

what's what; heads or tails

2

listen!; you see; mind you; remember

7

actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set

3

dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk

1

saliva; spit; sputum

1

indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive

1

to vomit; to spit out

2

hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind

1

wild uproar; pandemonium; clamor of voices; noisy; uproarious; clamorous

2

noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift

3

sounds

4