jpdb beta

the way back

1

convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

1

cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do

2

lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

2

prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot

1

indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

1

effect; result; worth; use; avail

2

huh?; what's up?

2

group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)

1

in the sentence; in the text; Bunchū era (of the Southern Court) (1372.4.?-1375.5.27)

1

writing; composition; essay; sentence

9

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

1

hint

6

to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)

2

being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)

1

expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema

1

change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly

1

under control (e.g. of territory)

1

look of amazement; looking dumbfounded

2

because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

1

to shake one's head (in denial)

1

objective

2

disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

1

to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)

1

quiz

2

tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation

4

bumpy texture of a material (esp. woven fabric); creases in an eboshi hat

2

pride

1

to knit one's brows; to frown

1

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

1

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

5

my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!

8

base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source

1

oxygen (O)

1

originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with

1

molecular formula

1

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

2

simple; brief

1

correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)

3

moment; instant

1

interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection

1

despair; hopelessness

1

to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself

1

some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous

3

the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed

1

they; those guys

6

three-year-old; triplets

13

to change completely; to change suddenly

1

one person's portion

1

tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit

1