jpdb beta

sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

3

to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down

1

grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)

3

to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict

1

guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement

9

to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

2

to be entwined; to be involved

1

unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless

2

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

3

New Year's decoration with cocoon-shaped cakes

5

woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)

1

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

11

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

6

praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)

1

how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

1

dirty; vulgar; nasty

2

human; humane

1

dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

3

way (of doing); method

2

death by suffocation; death by choking

2

to tear off; to strip; to rob

1

killing two birds with one stone

1

to subsist; to keep on living

1

whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches

1

popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for

2

to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar

1

pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)

4

shell; crust

3

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

2

to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below

1

like; as if; the same as

2

to smash; to break into pieces

1

annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat

1

to count; to enumerate

2

to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with

1

cause of death

1

crushing to death

1

sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

1

large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

3

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

5

expenses; disbursements

1

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

2

magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

3

weight; heavyweight boxer

1

to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack

1

portable; mobile use

1

everything; anything; nothing

1

something or other; one thing or another; this or that

3

one's own effort

1

to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

1