jpdb beta

Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)

1

plan; measure; means; scheme; policy

1

great sage

2

lone (isolated) force; forlorn force

1

in advance; beforehand; previously; ahead of time

1

incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person

2

(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups

2

subordinate person

1

work; operation; task

1

temple (on side of head)

1

itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally

4

best

1

resultant; consequential

1

great difference; big difference; wide margin

1

much less; to say nothing of

2

girl friend; girlfriend

1

magical; voodoo; magic

2

salvage

1

very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

1

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

1

to be able to manage somehow or other

1

marshland; wetland; swampland

1

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

2

after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter

1

hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

1

one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month

1

to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

1

interruption; suspension; break

1

looking over someone's shoulder

1

pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness

3

to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder

3

unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous

1

all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

1

dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)

2

to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind

5

(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while

3

before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally

1

more than expected

1

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

1

formidable enemy

1

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

2

to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike

1

to feel a chill run down one's spine

1

to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please

3

group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)

1

to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle

1

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit

2

home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain

1

of all people; a person of ...'s standing

1