jpdb beta

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

3

fierce tiger; ferocious tiger; Hanshin Tigers (baseball team)

1

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

1

husband

1

wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

1

pillow talk; conversation in bed; bedtime story

1

getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with

2

any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever

1

inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme

2

to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

1

worthy opponent; worthy rival; good match

2

head; lead; vanguard; first

1

rope

3

every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)

1

work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty

2

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

1

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

3

good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark

1

generally

2

wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)

3

to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

2

true character; real nature

1

furious facial expression

1

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

1

to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive

2

easily; without effort

1

to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)

1

noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)

1

net; netting; web

1

fish

1

bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)

2

writhing (in agony)

1

dark night; moonless night

1

darkness

1

screw; propeller (e.g. on a ship)

2

to beat (e.g. eggs); to whip (e.g. cream); to whisk; to lather

1

Noctiluca scintillans (luminescent species of dinoflagellate)

2

phosphorescence

4

a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic

1

growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way

1

to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect

1

Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person

1

side of a boat; gunwale

1

(all) together

2

water content; moisture; juiciness; dampness

1

scraps of seaweed; death at sea (metaphor)

1

scraps of seaweed; death at sea (metaphor)

3

depths of the earth

10

to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)

1

raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced

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