jpdb beta

intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia

2

-ish; -like

1

many; much; plenty; hardly

1

recall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador); calling someone back; summons (home)

6

last ray of hope; only hope

1

even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

1

sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly

1

annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing

1

ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

1

those; they

3

freedom; liberty

1

unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless

1

several animals

1

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

6

sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death

1

blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice

1

to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed

1

to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

1

memory; sense; experience

2

suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly

1

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

to watch steadily; to stare

2

surely (not); certainly (not)

1

hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket

1

behind one's back

1

conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative

1

oops; uh oh; drats

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

1

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

1

advice

1

but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

2

cooperation; collaboration; help; support

2

sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity

1

attack; attack (on a difficult task); tackling; making an assault (on a summit); attack

1

almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about

2

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

2

to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb

2

exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail

2

grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip

1

play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest

1

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

2

pride; dignity; self-worth

1

type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)

1

and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

2

that's so, isn't it

4

in that manner; like that

1

bull's-eye; the mark

1

watchful waiting; careful supervision

1

motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically

5