jpdb beta

to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand

1

to square one's shoulders

1

newspaper

2

inking the outlines of a picture

1

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...

2

broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens

2

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

1

mounting (a picture)

1

lining

1

to blossom; to flower; to bloom

1

to be reliable

1

grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak

1

ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave

2

totteringly; with tottering steps; toddling

1

flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly

1

to grimace; to make a wry face

1

distress; wretched condition

1

to make an appeal; to urge

3

whaa whaa; sound of a baby crying

1

Tenka

20

to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize

1

indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation

5

to amuse oneself; to make merry

1

in succession; one after another

2

hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd

1

straight; upright; erect

1

to hold up in one's arms

1

horizontally mounted; horizontally parked; placed flat; lay-flat

1

spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop

2

extraction of cubic root

1

draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie

1

group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)

1

scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

3

starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card

3

chat; desultory conversation

1

hey there; I say; see here

1

acrobatics

1

coincidentally; by chance; unexpectedly; rarely; unusually; seldom

1

to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble

3

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

1

drinking bout; merrymaking

1

to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

1

to have one cup of sake after another

1

boiled octopus; person as red as a lobster

1

sitting in a circle

1

laughing a ringing laugh; having a hearty laugh; roaring with laughter

1

cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating

1

incompetent; no-talent; worthless person; dimwit; incompetence

1

to backbite

2