jpdb beta

cuff; armhole

3

placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)

4

full name

2

heyday; golden age

13

to strain or exert oneself; to go all out

11

old age; old person; the old; the aged

3

to become less capable

2

tone; manner of speaking

7

courteous; decorous; polite

1

under the orders of; by order (command)

1

entering; going into

4

prayer; wish; vow

2

for one's true nature to come out

1

having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled

2

to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up

6

business; trade; operations; sales

4

wax

1

seal

6

letter; note

9

to send (something unsolicited); to send without the receiver's request

2

metaphor

1

to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head

4

timidity; cowardliness; (lit.) courage of a flea

1

to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other

7

changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)

2

cunning; crafty; wily; sly

3

to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it

2

hallucinogenic

1

using together (jointly); used at the same time

2

commander; commanding officer; CO

40

to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else

2

gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)

8

to take advantage of an opportunity

4

to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

8

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

33

relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief

1

bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme

5

captive; prisoner

22

spy; secret agent

4

to pull out a fish; to lure

2

present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

2

logistical support; combat service support

1

to suffer damage; to be deceived

2

acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation

6

right to decide; having say (in a decision)

9

permanence; continuation

1

to yearn for (someone, something); to miss

8

armed group

2

devoting (oneself) to; concentrating (one's efforts) on

2

head

3