jpdb beta

serious look (on one's face); straight face

2

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

4

torture

1

bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

2

violence; mayhem

2

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

1

clean; pure; chaste

1

weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless

1

so far as

1

surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it

1

eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view

2

because

1

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

1

pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character

1

rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning

2

to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

1

to pick up; to find; to gather

2

to look downwards; to lower one's eyes

1

to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around

1

to shine; to glitter; to be bright

1

mishearing

1

to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic

2

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

1

unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly

1

if so; in that case; in that situation

4

prank; practical joke

3

groan; moan; moaning

3

to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

4

side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife

2

neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching

2

abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

2

to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move

3

foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse

1

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

2

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

2

folding knife

1

surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard

1

counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow

1

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

1

physique; constitution

1

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

1

to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed

2

to pick up; to pick out

2

binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money

1

as if; as though

1

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

1

nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin

1

leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

1

horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling

1

to raise overhead

2