jpdb beta

alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

6

Eryx

5

to give directions; to issue instructions

1

half day

3

non-recoverable; unrecoverable; irreparable; irreversible; irretrievable

1

limit; bound

3

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

1

oaf; bigot

3

short (in height); stumpy; tiny; short (trousers, etc.); undersized

1

smelling of earth; rustic

1

on bad terms; at loggerheads

1

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

3

metal

2

terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful

1

bomb shelter; dugout; trench

1

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

2

to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry

1

iron pot; kettle

1

to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far

1

to come back

4

anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety

3

one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke

1

formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty

1

grain (1-7000 of a pound, approx. 64.80 mg); grain (wheat, etc.)

1

stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing

1

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

2

to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)

1

upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere

1

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

1

each place; various places

2

to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

1

master; teacher; stable master

1

benefactor; patron

1

(head) clerk

1

to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion; to push somebody around; (lit.) to indicate by pointing one's chin; to chatter; to jaw; to jabber

1

head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent

1

to take command; to give direction

1

to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

4

hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

6

mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence

1

exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

2

longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long

2

to take a break

1

wisdom of age; sagacity of one's years; old-man's wisdom

1

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

1

plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution

1

as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

2

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

2

accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation

1

(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies

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