jpdb beta

hair's breadth

1

brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

2

to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm

2

operating room; operating theatre

20

temper; disposition

1

myself

2

wrinkle; crease; ripple

1

as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

1

to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished

1

as (somebody) says

1

honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank

1

relation; relative; kind; cordial

1

severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair

1

wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)

2

with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like

1

it doesn't matter what; anything is fine

1

calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested

1

point of view

1

cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do

1

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

4

(in) my own way

1

(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually

1

Mr (junior); master; boy

3

uncooperative; unhelpful

1

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

1

cooperative; helpful

1

fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification

1

sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)

3

arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition

1

cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that

1

nostrils; wings of the nose

2

index finger; forefinger; second toe

2

upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth

1

three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again

3

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

2

miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling

1

the end of the line; the end of the road; curtains

2

appointment of successor

1

rumor; rumour; gossip; speculation; irresponsible criticism; hearsay

1

assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)

5

gentle; mild-mannered

1

inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

2

ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

6

type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing

3

which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

4

backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump

1

bitter

1

outsider

1

affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship

1

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

1