jpdb beta

rival; competitor; competition

3

shrewd; astute; cunning; alert

1

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

1

trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps

1

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

1

what

3

half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive

2

at times; occasionally

4

just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment

3

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

2

extreme; extremity

1

treatment (of a person); dealing with

1

you (plural)

2

moreover; in addition

1

to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame

1

to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize

1

buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking

2

grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man

1

paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual progression (oft. into an unwanted state); doing little by little; proceeding in a continual and vague fashion; gradually obscuring

1

reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese

1

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

1

gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply

1

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

1

to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to

1

stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

1

to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)

2

putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may

1

red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue

7

knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge

1

to begin to speak

1

torture

2

mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray

6

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

2

to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off

2

ticklish; embarrassing

3

iron pot; iron pan

1

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

2

belly; abdomen; stomach

2

cover; lid; cap

1

salt water; brine

1

to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer

1

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

1

counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth

1

facing upward

1

to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused

1

pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot

1

bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end

3

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

2

stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece

1

to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

1