jpdb beta

measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

4

intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum

2

to come and see (someone, something); to visit

2

the matter you have been talking about

2

accompanying; being in attendance on; inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)

1

dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now

3

according to (someone)

2

cause unknown

3

unrelated; unconnected

1

excuse; pretext

1

pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase

1

bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer

5

rental library

1

new book; new publication

1

to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)

4

(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

1

life and death

1

interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel

1

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

2

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

2

(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty

1

to blossom; to flower; to bloom

1

lady; ready

2

taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story

1

ratio; proportion; percentage

3

I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but

1

to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other

1

to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

1

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

6

to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)

4

separate case; another matter

3

to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

1

offender; criminal; culprit

1

a few years later

1

in plain words; in plain terms; put simply

1

military force; military strength

2

heretical religion; damaging religion; heresy

1

year before last

1

diversion; putting something to another use

1

indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate

2

random; random sampling

2

extensive; vast range; wide scope

2

rose

1

going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with

1

historical fact

7

state-of-the-art; cutting-edge

1

unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive

1

unrelated

3

Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of the Holy Roman Empire

1

riskiness; (level of) danger

1