jpdb beta

information; news; report; reward; retribution

4

heroic

2

to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)

3

misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion

1

hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

1

big chance; big opportunity

1

consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); one piece of sushi

1

strategy; tactics

3

to hold fast; to protect to the end

2

to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

4

reduction by half; halving

1

spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration

1

rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power

3

influence; power; might; strength; potency; force

4

to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up

1

staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

1

rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse

2

to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree

5

to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

3

to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

3

to check; to stop; to keep back

5

turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements

1

wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap

1

urgent report; urgent message

3

solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition

1

to lie down (and rest)

1

sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish

2

lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily

1

(sleeping) peacefully; quietly; soundly

1

to breathe while sleeping

1

sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep

1

noon; midday

8

sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)

1

to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip

1

remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)

12

one's family and followers; one's whole clan

5

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

5

root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune

1

support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy

6

family; relatives; dependents; household

17

death penalty

6

inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging; exaggeration

1

-years-old

3

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

2

to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

4

reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle

2

trifles; minor details

2

with a thump; floppingly

1

to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

1

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

2