jpdb beta

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

5

(ease of) handling; operation; arrangement (of pipes, wires, etc.); layout; wrestler's belt used in a bout

4

to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct

2

psychological; mental

3

to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around

3

superfine; extra-fine; extremely thin; extra-fine woollen yarn

1

li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)

1

central nerves

1

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

4

to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard

2

first appearance

1

hypothesis; supposition; assumption

18

(direct) hit; hitting the mark

1

target

2

obstruction; inhibition

3

(a) glance; (a) look

11

short distance

2

Chandra (Hindu moon god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism); (arch.) moon

4

advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint

1

half-moon; half a month; semicircle

2

yellow; amber

1

unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history

1

decrease; reduction; decline

3

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

3

sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops

4

hair's breadth

7

middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

12

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

7

to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent

3

calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility

2

certain; definite

3

impossibly hard video game

2

shaving; planing; cutting; shavings; flakes

1

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

2

no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable

8

(making, launching) concentrated attack (on, against)

2

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

5

wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice

6

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

4

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

9

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

9

peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times

4

reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

1

pole; climax; extreme; extremity

1

small; little; few

1

to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash

4

putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

2

to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited

1

expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes

1

grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)

3