jpdb beta

(playing an) unpopular role; (taking on an) unpopular task

1

forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly

1

buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end

2

to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down

3

to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

2

milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)

1

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

6

at a glance; by accident

1

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

5

to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile

3

play; recreation; playing (a sport); play; playing (a musical instrument); musical performance; play (theatrical performance)

2

pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires

1

to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to connect (one thing with another); to link; to bring together

3

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably

1

sorting fruit

1

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

2

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

2

nothing but; except; no more than

1

foul play; cheating; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat

2

unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous

1

to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over

1

to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak

3

that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!

3

rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything

1

obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity

2

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

3

to rest one's chin in one's hands

1

contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger

1

this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that

5

white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

6

to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less

2

all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical

2

counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth

1

when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

1

to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

2

headache inducing; vexing

1

triangle; triangular shape

1

eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look

1

say; well; um; er

2

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

2

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

6

werewolf; Werewolf (social deduction game); Mafia

3

to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

2

to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered

1

moving into (a city, etc.); transfer (to a new school)

3

reason; cause; history; origin

1

to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

1

shod feet; wearing shoes; muddy feet; dirty feet

2

to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile

3