jpdb beta

bitter-tasting bug

1

(skill of) making funny faces; facial performance

1

poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

1

to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated

1

start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game

1

to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one

1

to be opposite; to face each other

1

seventh principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; stroke that falls leftwards with slight curve

1

to show signs of; to appear

1

coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

4

in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range

1

sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around

1

Kansai dialect

1

form; method; system; formula

1

old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

1

mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

2

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

1

to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo

1

latent disposition; inner feelings

1

to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid

1

checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers

1

even if not; even without

1

to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

1

several steps

1

moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing

2

person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

1

precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right

1

to settle (a dispute)

1

appointment

1

to leave (something) undone; to neglect (a duty, task, etc.); to break (a promise, appointment, etc.); to stand (someone) up

1

to be late; to be unpunctual

1

fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized

1

ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

3

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

1

interior design; interior; upholstery

1

short (of a person)

1

opinion; point of view; visual point

1

of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after

1

doll; puppet; figure

3

(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold

1

cup of poisoned alcohol

1

parents; both parents

2

aloneness; loneliness; solitude

1

to become rounded; to roll into a ball

1

to stop (plug) one's ears

1

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent

6

way of reciting; way of telling a story

1

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

2

anthropophobia; taijin kyofusho

1

phobia; morbid fear

1