jpdb beta

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

4

model; (good) example; exemplar; model handwriting; model drawing; copybook

1

royal palace

35

dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity

2

to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing

2

to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage

1

(turned out) all right in the end

1

body

1

nursing; looking after

1

interferer; meddler; buttinsky

2

to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)

2

carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)

2

final coat (of paint, plaster, varnish, etc.); finish; glazing; adding more of the same (of something negative, e.g. shame)

1

imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

1

young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status

1

one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism

1

to try all possible means

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

2

Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)

2

confused fight; brawl; melee; scuffle; free-for-all

2

rank (of troops); file; column; formation

3

support; help; backing; covering (from enemy attack); protection

1

enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board

3

freely; right and left; as one pleases

1

to strike (someone) down; to knock down; to thrash; to place firmly

1

friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife

4

ashibarai; foot sweep; sweeping one's opponent's legs from under them (judo, etc.)

1

to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)

1

to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)

3

absent-mindedly; absently; idly; blankly; vacantly

1

(written) appeal; circular; manifesto; encouragement; encouraging words; letter of encouragement

1

to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain

2

solidarity; joint; collective

1

union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)

3

on bad terms; at loggerheads

1

villain; baddie; the villain's part

1

to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time

3

given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this

2

to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten

1

nothing special; nothing significant; not a problem

1

half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont

3

condition; situation; prospects

1

to become clear; to be made public

2

good walker

2

damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute

3

I told you so

3

cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

1

the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

3

riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty

1

likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do

1