jpdb beta

to kneel

1

loss; forfeit

1

bang; clang

1

outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits

1

attack; charge; raid

2

ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)

1

dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction

2

after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post

2

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

2

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

1

irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway

1

to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway

1

to straighten up; to sit upright

1

menial; meanness; servility; abject

3

mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours

2

goggling; rolling (one's eyes)

1

to harm; to cause harm to

1

bulging eyes; goggle eyes; saucer eyes

2

whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless

1

to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

2

everybody; every last one of them; all

2

meaning; called; said

2

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

3

awareness; realization

1

dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt

1

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

2

resentment; indignation; anger

1

silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)

1

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

1

heat up

1

warmth

2

a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

1

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

2

it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but

1

to get slightly dirty (all over)

1

to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce

1

simmer; bubble out; flow out

1

grinning; smirking

2

to stay (at); to stop (at)

1

to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

3

a foolish or stupid look

1

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

1

to twitch

1

to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

1

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

1

scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer

1

as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit

1

madness; insanity

6

look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

2