jpdb beta

faint smile

1

to grow angry; to display one's anger

2

provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation

2

brake

2

to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up

1

to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout

3

calamity; misfortune; disaster

1

domestic animals; livestock; cattle

1

infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover

1

to lose one's life

2

you; I; me; oneself

1

to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of

2

to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)

3

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

1

above; more than

1

act of violence; violent behavior

1

to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked

1

polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy

1

business; trade; operations; sales

1

job; work; duties; trade; skill

1

office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)

1

average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

1

to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)

1

senior; elder; person older than oneself

1

tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity

1

to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position

1

we; us

1

financial muscle; economic clout

1

to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

1

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

1

coward; dastard

1

to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying

2

impulse; impetus; urge

2

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

1

to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)

1

inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable

1

proper; appropriate; due; suitable

1

satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)

2

(a) glance; (a) look

6

thumb; big toe

1

to say; to be pleased to say

1

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

2

to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl

2

pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)

1

short hair

1

to comb back

1

deluxe suite

2

to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)

2

exemption; exoneration; discharge

1

to cool down one's anger

1