jpdb beta

to fall backward

1

fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers; leaving (one's master's place for home)

1

abdominal muscles; abs; sit-up (exercise)

4

to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up

3

to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken

4

to soften; to moderate; to relieve

4

to become dim; to become blurred

7

sign; indication; trace; somehow; for some reason; seeming to be

1

last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender

1

finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that

2

important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

1

to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended

1

iced coffee

13

drinking straw; straw

5

to remain; to stay (somewhere)

2

foe; opponent; adversary; dissenter

1

parent and child

6

to get (someone's) help; to ask for help

1

to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down

7

one's original intention; one's original purpose; one's original aim

1

knowing only one thing (and repeating it often); saying the only thing one knows (at every opportunity); repeating the only thing one knows

1

to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out

1

sorry; apologetic; remorseful

3

bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; attachment; contact play; sound effect produced by striking a wooden board with clappers

2

entertainment expenses

1

realistic; pragmatic

1

as far as the eye can see

1

how many months

2

just managing; with great difficulty

1

haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion

4

to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

9

to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into

2

short-distance race; sprint

1

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

3

living corpse

6

tidying up; finishing

6

to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)

3

gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit

5

promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first

2

trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

5

poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade

1

simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie

1

original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive

3

to cool down one's anger

1

to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)

8

labor; labour; toil; hardship

1

bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition

1

to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; to be crazy about something

1

roadside; wayside

7

to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)

1