jpdb beta

origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning

2

raid; assault; attack

9

to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit

1

one's beloved daughter

1

training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha

1

to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick

1

pushy; pushing; self-assertive

1

trade; business; occupation; profession; job

2

lodging; boarding; boarding house; school dormitory

1

hunger strike

1

to make absolutely sure; to make doubly sure

1

expert

5

to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard

4

volley firing; fusillade; broadside

4

originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

8

advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly

2

taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

4

offstage; backstage; behind the scenes

1

elegant; charming; refined; enchanting; tasteful

1

money

11

bodyguard

1

dirty; vulgar; nasty

2

hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering

46

one's person

4

killing two birds with one stone

4

I couldn't care less; not caring less

2

to form a group; to form a bunch

1

state of mind; mentality; psychology

6

to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order

5

compromise proposal

1

proposal; motion; recommendation

1

to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit

1

approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

2

to pull apart; to separate; to draw; to tie (a game)

1

fillet; tenderloin

1

concrete

4

stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce

2

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

12

details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

9

brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited

3

to cross one's legs

1

stripe

2

had better ...; had better not ...

7

to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn

6

(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets

6

trouble; quarrel; dispute

2

going around; patrol; round; tour

3

calling by name; designation; nomination

6

(the thing) itself

6

taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction

4