jpdb beta

behind one's back

1

disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

6

high-pitched; shrill

1

to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel

1

gasping

1

to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

2

great cause; moral law; justice

1

to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap

1

to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)

1

without; but if; otherwise; or else

1

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

3

as (somebody) says

1

selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary

1

to twist; to distort

1

here and there; in places

1

to shine; to glitter; to be bright

1

to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up

3

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

2

to run through; to run past

1

to understand; to appreciate; to interpret

1

wickedness; sideways; unreasonable

1

one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

1

to blow off; to be blown off

1

to throw down

1

to die; to be killed

1

to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

1

definite; final; decisive; conclusive

1

sense of loss; feeling of loss

1

to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off

1

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

1

to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

2

empty; vacant; hollow

1

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

2

to penetrate; to pervade; to spread

1

huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

1

this (very thing); this precisely

1

heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth

1

(all) together

1

to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes

1

glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant

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

3

eyelid

2

to remain; to be left

4

stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity

1

light source

1

cold; frigid; bracing; dignified

1

pendant

5

to look out over (far into the distance); to command a view of

1

gem; jewel; precious stone

1

crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over

2