jpdb beta

to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

2

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

5

killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

2

unexpectedly; surprisingly

2

four people

2

ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

1

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

6

crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)

1

definite; sure

1

to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten

2

to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss

2

forehead; brow

1

on the occasion of; at the time of

1

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

8

to throw back

1

to mumble; to mutter

1

long and thin

1

alien

1

umbilical cord

1

to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect

1

patriarch; family head

1

to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)

1

thumb; big toe

1

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

1

firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm

1

cuttlefish; squid

1

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled

2

red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding

1

hee-hee; tee-hee

1

to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)

3

what's what; heads or tails

1

abyss; ravine

1

(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake

1

declaration; proclamation; announcement

2

doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

1

prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish

1

covered with; stained; smeared

1

napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage

1

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

2

to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

1

alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)

1

demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour

1

cancellation; abandonment

1

cackling (sound of shrill laughter)

1

I assure you it is

3

Mr (junior); master; boy

13

to say no more; to sink into silence

2

to form a complete whole; to be joined together

2

even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

2

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

1