jpdb beta

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

2

to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of

1

eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes

3

particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest

2

to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly

2

tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)

1

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

2

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

1

decision; verdict

1

to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through

4

result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently

9

to writhe (in pain)

2

old cloth; rag

1

brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; dark grey (colour, color); dark gray; secret evil-doer

1

direct appeal

2

estimate (of costs); budget

1

hotel charge; lodging expense

1

food expense

2

voyage; passage; travelling

1

cost; expense

4

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

4

(a) glance; (a) look

1

miscalculation

1

absentmindedness; dreaminess; simpleton; fool

1

shallow bowl for displaying flowers, bonsai, etc.

1

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

3

to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips

1

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

7

road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)

2

habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

1

to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on

1

odds and ends; all; every

1

geisha; Japanese singing and dancing girl; dressed-up beautiful woman

2

to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough

3

peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic

2

pilgrimage; travelling around (by a monk)

1

to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off

6

four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing

5

ray of hope; glimmer of hope

1

to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together

2

to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest

1

to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

3

crutch; crutches

4

one month

5

recuperation; medical treatment

1

timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)

1

1 kin (approx. 0.6kg); 1 loaf of bread

1

acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

1

to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

4