jpdb beta

spine; backbone; spinal column

2

hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)

4

but still

2

to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

2

moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

4

with a smile

1

composed and unhurried; easygoing and leisurely; in indolence

2

queer; odd; fantastic

2

very strange; odd; queer

2

pace; tempo; slow and fast; in case of emergency

1

tonsure; shaving one's head (upon entering the Buddhist priesthood)

1

neutral; noncommittal

1

close relationship

1

dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration

1

state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

1

eerie; spooky

1

to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with

3

(not) in any way; in no way; at all

1

husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)

1

where to?; whither?

2

to keep silent

3

on a routine basis; regularly; habitually

1

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

3

cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end

2

Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna

2

dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; swinging

3

in the middle of a field

2

direct unforked road; straight path

1

the flight formation of geese; lining up shoulder to shoulder like flying geese; leading out

1

nether millstone

1

man and horse; rider and horse; centaur

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

1

companion; company; tritagonist

1

to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across

4

street at night; making a night journey

3

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

3

fist

2

to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group); to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)

1

to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)

1

to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear

1

Kobo Daishi is always with me (written on the hats of Shikoku pilgrims)

1

bai ze (mythical Chinese animal able to understand human speech, having the body of a lion and eight eyes)

1

Kitsuregawa

2

Hayagriva; Horsehead (tantric Buddhist deity)

1

all night; throughout the night

2

completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered

1

to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to hunt down

2

wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer

2

depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)

2

quite unconcerned; nonchalant

1