jpdb beta

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

8

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

5

field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons

2

direct relation

1

power map; power structure; power relationships

1

to be doing; to be in the process of doing

1

counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun

5

eye of a typhoon

1

opportunity; chance; trigger; cause

1

to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try

1

bone marrow; medulla; true spirit; one's mind

1

to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands

1

title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank

1

lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)

2

conspirators; faction; cabal; clique

2

knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen!

2

frank; candid; frankfurter; frank

1

wild

1

serves you right!

1

death penalty; capital punishment

1

such a thing; something like that

2

feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction

3

biker gang; group of hot-rodders

3

wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!

2

reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

1

grandfather; male senior-citizen

1

meaningless; pointless

2

indirect

1

anti-; hater

4

profile

1

to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over

7

homosexual (person)

1

physician's license (licence); doctor's license; medical license; license to practice medicine

1

restricted; confidential

1

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

2

one's destination

1

that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!

1

(Internet) troll; disturber; raising havoc; laying waste; robbery; holdup

1

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

4

to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with

3

to make a pass at; to hit on; to call out to (in an attempt to seduce)

1

should do; ought to do

1

flour; meal; powder; dust

8

no, not like that (but like this)

1

clear; pure; noble

3

to subsist; to keep on living

2

extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness

1

time around sunset; early evening

2

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

4

to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen

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