jpdb beta

wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps

1

work-in-progress; working state

1

establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming

5

weak person; the weak

2

champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero

1

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

2

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

2

reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese

2

ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase

1

engine; agency; organisation; system; facility

1

lighter; (small) cargo vessel

1

labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands

2

to mean

5

unavoidable; inevitable

1

ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat

1

draw (in competition); tie game

1

nearby (one's seat); (by) one's side; Dear (Mr./Mrs.)

1

to mediate; to intervene; to smooth

1

to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)

7

improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low

1

rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds

1

to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)

2

to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply

3

scenery

1

to lose one's way; to get lost

4

breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping

1

later

1

to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience

2

grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie

6

sharing; division; draw; tie

2

comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy

2

to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up

1

two-storied building

2

opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province

1

carpenter

3

coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane

5

somehow; somewhat; seemingly

3

improbable; unlikely

1

side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore

3

to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double

2

to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind

6

eyebrow; eyebrows

7

manners; behavior; behaviour

3

position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation

7

utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus

1

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

7

to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match

3

to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished

1

hanging (by the neck)

1

dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard

1