jpdb beta

does not seem (to be)

2

art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice

1

alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner

1

medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

1

creation; generation; formation; derivation

1

recipe; (medical) prescription; how-to guide (e.g. for crafts)

1

to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse

2

map; atlas; chart; plan

3

cylinder

1

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

4

ancient script; ancient character; ancient alphabet

2

makimono; handscroll; roll of cloth (for making a kimono); scarf; stole; makizushi

1

charm; incantation; spell; magic formula

10

charm; spell; curse; malediction; dharani; mantra

1

document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone

1

to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)

1

to put one's hand on; to touch

1

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by

2

to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over

1

disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation

1

at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

1

versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing

6

expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose

5

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

1

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

5

to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

2

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

1

to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in

1

because

1

also known as; also called

2

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

2

dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties

6

to swell up (by soaking in or absorbing a liquid); to become soft; to become soggy; to become lazy; to become indolent; to become slack

1

shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted

2

scribble; scrawl

1

confusion; distraction; derangement

4

to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch

1

substitution

1

soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable

81

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

66

what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty

1

Soul Eater (manga)

1

to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes

2

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

2

spirit; soul; ghost

10

at large; fugitive

1

to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")

5

slack; looseness; play

2