jpdb beta

(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene

3

eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

1

hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

3

to succeed; to bear fruit

1

very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

2

bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink

1

dwarf; midget; elf; Issun-bōshi (Japanese fairytale)

1

to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged

1

to chase; to run after; to pursue

5

praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)

1

larva; grub; maggot

1

quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge

3

reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression

1

spawning season; breeding season; laying period

1

frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

7

one's birthplace

1

going upstream; swimming upstream

1

salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)

1

being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering

1

leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase

2

concord; Concord; Concorde

1

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

3

surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede

1

to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

1

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

2

confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

3

in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

1

dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

6

to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

4

have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

7

going in the opposite direction; going against the wind; running or operating a machine in reverse (such as an electric motor)

1

ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

1

even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing

6

what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

6

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

2

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

1

means; way; measure

4

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

1

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

2

sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

2

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

5

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

1

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

1

to (do) like this

3

(necessary) personnel; required person

1

main force; chief object; mainline

1

to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

1

degree of difficulty; difficulty level

1

to increase; to grow

1