jpdb beta

stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage

4

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

3

double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid

2

to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict

1

to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

2

substitution; replacement; shifting; change

1

to bend (with great force); to twist; to wrench; to distort (the truth)

1

hiccup; hiccough

2

to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

3

we; us

1

to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize; to bind (something) with rope

1

nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

2

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

2

linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple

1

to walk away; to walk off

1

miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases

1

point in common; common feature

1

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

1

ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

4

information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

3

a day or two

1

fragmentary

1

discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony

1

component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)

1

dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation

1

grey; gray; ashen

2

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones

2

Chinese whispers; telephone (game)

1

to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive

1

north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

1

dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information

1

prediction; prophecy; prognostication

2

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

1

praying for rain

1

day in the near future when a major event is expected to occur

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

1

messenger; envoy; emissary

2

palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards

1

forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding

1

reminiscent talk

2

to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

1

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

1

spider

1

all living things; all God's creatures, great and small

1

conclusion

1

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

1

through a wall; on the other side of a wall

1

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

1

even

1