jpdb beta

focus (e.g. photographic); focal point

4

the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)

3

gas mask

1

mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day

1

private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside

1

(wild) yak (Bos mutus); (domestic) yak (Bos grunniens)

4

telling a riddle

1

to carry out one's mission

2

spring

1

to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip

8

to step firmly; to harden by treading

1

vomiting; emesis

1

to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)

2

angel

4

trumpet; horn; bugle

1

child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person

5

flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)

1

creative; original

1

artistry; artistic quality; artistic character

1

happy

1

guide (on a tour, etc.)

2

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

3

having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end

5

both eyes

2

freshly severed head

2

chemical substances; chemicals

1

immediate reply

1

to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid

1

envy

1

to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill

3

to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to

1

to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom

1

starting; engaging; expenses; costs; attack (esp. a corner approach in the game of go); barb

1

psychedelic

1

calm; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity; appeasement; pacification

1

physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling

1

mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours

2

beyond; across; the other side; the distance

4

to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity

1

raindrop

1

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

8

completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot

1

to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted

4

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

5

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

6

early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning

2

weatherbeaten; exposed to rain

1

kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis); jade (gem); beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers

1

sound of rainfall

2

to thrust down; to push off

3