jpdb beta

monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision

1

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

1

device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement

1

remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard

2

10; ten

1

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

4

what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?

4

fear; dread; fright; willies

2

to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy

8

the three powers: heaven, earth and man

1

last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender

1

ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole

1

being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes

1

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

4

all the more; still more

1

way out; means to escape; escape route

1

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless

1

village; hamlet; countryside; country

1

to run away; to escape safely

2

Japan and North Korea; Japanese-North Korean

1

escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

2

best; ideal; perfect

1

backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal

1

to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)

1

one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point

1

travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit

1

second day of the month; two days

2

provisions

1

to let one's guard down

1

night watch; night sentry

1

to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps

1

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

1

providential protection

2

exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable

1

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

6

standing position (working, sex, etc.); erect position; upright position

1

night air; stillness of night; cool evening

1

spark

1

rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via

1

to turn one's back to

1

vengeance; revenge; retaliation

1

breadth of mind; generosity; magnanimity

1

shabby; seedy

6

Japan's best; number one in Japan

1

at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

1

one's social position; one's place; one's standing

1

to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout

1

time and effort; trouble

1

okay; sure; okey-dokey

1