jpdb beta

ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum

1

looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy

1

to rust; to become rusty

1

long handle; long-handled spear; long shaft

1

bubble; foam; froth; head on beer

2

who; what kind of person

9

gun; rifle; small arms

4

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

5

beautiful woman; pretty girl

1

to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent

1

wrong; different; not like that

2

to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of

1

one's subordinate

2

drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; loosely (hanging); limply

1

darkness; the dark

1

to pierce through; to stand (of something sharp or pointy); to thrust (up)

2

abrupt; sudden; unexpected

4

fighting spirit

1

loss; forfeit

2

one's dominant arm

1

out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent

1

intimidating air; sense of intimidation

1

slave trade; human trafficking; slave trader

3

to have an eye on; to zero in on

1

abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping

3

to palm off; to force a sale

1

in swarms; crawling with

1

treating (someone) like an object

1

payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

1

to bind up; to tie up

7

bundle; pack; bunch

1

kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction; kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor

7

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

1

to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

3

easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

3

way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death

3

leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)

3

I don't know; who knows

1

losing weight; slimming; lean person

1

moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

1

care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

3

growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension

1

(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course

1

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

1

to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted

1

cheekbones; zygomatic bone; malar bone

1

the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot

1

to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

3

to become vulgar; to coarsen

1

traveling about to gain skill in combat (travelling)

5