jpdb beta

railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip

1

cleverness; skill; tact; clever person (in a particular field); skillful person (skilful)

1

even; but; however

9

assumption; supposition; hypothesis

1

to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

1

question; query

5

family lineage

1

eyebrow; eyebrows

1

eternity; perpetuity; permanence

1

months and years

1

to pile up; to accumulate

1

flame (color, colour); flame scarlet; bright reddish; orange

1

karma (from one's previous life)

1

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

2

fatal; lethal

2

strong pressure; heavy pressure

1

to squash; to crush; to flatten

3

skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough

1

sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

1

shock; impact; crash

12

to have one's knees be about to give way

1

like that; so

2

direct control; direct supervision

1

to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

1

right; privilege

3

knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending

1

haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing

1

to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

2

to prohibit

1

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

1

to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

1

life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

7

to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for

2

to make light of; to ignore; to slight

1

lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous

1

to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)

1

to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy

2

to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

4

cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

1

to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips

1

brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

1

counter for places

1

dark place; unlit spot; darkness

1

to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)

1

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

1

question; inquiry; enquiry

6

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

9

complete devotion; body and soul; one's best

3

to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life

1