jpdb beta

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

21

countermeasure; counter-measure

3

to delay; to put off; to procrastinate

5

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

2

to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

6

to hold the key (to)

1

to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

9

to the extent possible; as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; wherever possible; if (at all) possible

2

ten o'clock

11

to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard

2

to remove; to take away; to clear away; to tear down; to pull down; to demolish

2

full-length mirror

5

slender build; slender figure; leptosome; leptosomatic habit

2

symmetry; balance; proportion; uniformity

2

limbs; arms and legs; body

2

breast; udder

2

shoulder blade; scapula

1

belt-shaped

1

here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots

1

tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing

1

common; ordinary; conventional; customary

8

to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo

1

to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder

13

to blush

1

hair (on the head); (a) hair

15

shooting down (an aircraft)

3

mark; sign; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to

5

naked body; nudity

1

seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)

3

productive; constructive; meaningful

1

recompense; indemnity; atonement

2

permanent; lifelong

3

bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

7

comic book

1

several volumes (books)

1

stale; hackneyed; clichéd

7

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

9

perverse; perverted; twisted; inverted

1

to dream (of)

4

serious; earnest; honest; real; legit

2

prince; subordinate Kumano shrine

5

happy ending

2

lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily

6

the earth below; the ground below; this world (as opposed to heaven)

1

to put on (coat, gown, etc.)

2

to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience

3

humming; crooning

1

silence

2

mixture; jumble; blend; making a cord by entwining threads of various colours

1

half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous

2