jpdb beta

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

3

snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

1

lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash

1

to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse

1

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

1

to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)

1

stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification

1

animal

2

showy; ostentatious

1

to speak; to hear a voice

1

to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

1

irritating; aggravating; upsetting

1

grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth

1

upper part; upper region; region above

1

mirror ball; disco ball; glitter ball

1

being struck by lightning; torpedo attack

1

to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

1

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

4

when; at what point

1

to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

1

hill in a monkey enclosure (at a zoo, etc.)

1

unexpected meeting; coincidence

2

carefree; free from worry

1

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

3

huh!; oh; wow; I see

2

thieving cat; adulterer; homewrecker

1

previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

1

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

1

a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)

1

cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

3

mother

2

type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing

1

championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round

1

feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness

3

to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

2

dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration

2

to spend time (on doing something)

1

stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)

1

lady; (female) pervert

1

arrangement; pact; agreement

2

indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

4

dispute; resistance

1

deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate

3

breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)

4

approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

1

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

4

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

1

halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside

1

tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing

3

the same as always; day after day

2