jpdb beta

wanderer; vagabond; capricious person; hobo

1

love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting

1

to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen

1

embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward

1

to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

5

risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh

1

philandering; itch for women

3

hardware store or dealer

2

to open a business

3

debt collection; debt collector

1

surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous

1

useless member of society; hopeless case; failure

3

peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly

1

(way of) spending money

1

enemy attack; enemy raid

4

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

3

I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead

3

mermaid; merman

2

albino Japanese rat snake

1

small, crow-billed tengu

2

lightning rod

2

as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie

1

right under; directly below

2

stun

1

embarking (a ship); embarkation; boarding; ship (carrying someone)

1

crew

1

to strain (one's stomach); to bear down (during childbirth); to push down

1

to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)

3

jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling

6

general mobilization; general mobilisation

3

drop (e.g. of water); drip

2

bare rock; rock surface; rock face

2

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

1

guardian

2

mysterious power of words to alter reality

1

pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth

1

arbitrator; mediator; go-between

85

lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)

2

tight-lipped; able to keep a secret

1

to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

2

to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes

3

brake; drag; skid; restraint; curtailment; self-imposed limit

2

arbitration; conciliation; mediation

3

unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably

1

taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.); short break; breather

1

China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

1

large Japanese junk

1

treasure ship; picture of a treasure ship bearing the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

1

skin diving; free diving

1

to swim around

1