jpdb beta

all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden

7

(one's) seated posture

1

news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements

1

to wear out

2

stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller

1

coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate

19

sentiment; sentimentality

2

blunder; (careless) mistake; error

1

to die

1

to look around; to take a view of

1

guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole

3

exception; exclusion

4

meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

3

barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless

3

one-to-one; one-on-one

5

octopus

2

to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

5

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

6

to take command; to give direction

1

being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands

1

household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow

1

(flower) vase

1

fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard

5

(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

18

exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)

3

black clothes

5

innocent; cherubic; childlike

4

to lay aside; to set aside

5

(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

5

unqualified; without qualifications

2

proper; right; reasonable

1

to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)

3

taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration

3

gist; main point

1

trademark

1

to let one's hair hang down

1

sophisticated; refined; witty; urbane; unconstrained

2

one's (only) good suit (or kimono)

1

dust; one ten-billionth

1

whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering

9

wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue

1

to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

19

knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice

4

to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed

1

piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild

10

member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)

10

old friend; old pal

1

hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord

3

to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered

1

the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

2