jpdb beta

roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)

2

black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling

1

to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided

3

reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation

1

audience; spectator; spectators

2

conjurer; magician; illusionist

1

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

4

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

2

tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.

2

to take great care (in doing); to pay attention; to be careful

2

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

1

details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars

1

demonstration; presentation; stage show; performance

1

making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance

1

long time; long interval; for quite some time

2

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

1

unfortunately

1

to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

2

at; in; on

1

trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal

1

conjunctive particle indicating a cause or reason

1

tin plate

3

-made; make

2

Buckingham Palace

1

Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard

1

bride's silk floss headdress; clumps of snow (on tree branches, stones, etc.)

1

fault; defect; minor; 5-point card

1

clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

1

foreign-made

1

early morning; early hours; early in the morning

1

to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open

1

director of a hospital

2

to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)

2

drum; croaker (any fish of the family Sciaenidae); Nibe croaker (Nibea mitsukurii)

1

shaking; swaying

1

prison

1

rare; seldom

3

cast net; casting net

1

to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)

1

to pay attention; to be watchful

2

dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation

1

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

1

bedside; near one's pillow

3

skylight; dormer; transom; dormer window

2

consideration; taking into account

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

3

to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over

4

theft; robbery

1

powerful medicine; strong poison

1

to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

2