jpdb beta

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

1

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

7

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

3

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

3

quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

1

water's surface

1

to rock; to shake; to swing

1

because of this; thanks to this; due to this

1

demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move

1

remote past; far ago; time immemorial

1

incident; affair; happening; event

2

how could I (you, etc.) ...?; how dare you (they, etc.) ...; how can you have the nerve to ...?

1

because of; owing to; due to

2

shut up!; be quiet!

1

to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

2

to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

1

trivial; not amounting to much

1

to cajole; to deceive; to seduce

1

the same kind; accomplice; partner

1

blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)

1

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

2

point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site

1

slow; dim

1

to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)

1

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

9

ridiculous; odd

2

society; the world; the times

4

Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens

4

first number (e.g. issue of a magazine); No. 1 type

2

departure; takeoff

2

(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement

2

to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to

2

(being) out of range (e.g. mobile network, radar, missiles); (being) out of contention; (being) beyond influence

2

face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour

7

be; is

5

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

1

to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up

1

to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

1

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

1

from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best

2

different person; another person; someone else; changed man

1

mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box

1

thread; yarn; string

1

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

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

1

complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

1

to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say

1

eye-witness; witness

2

second

1

to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up

2