jpdb beta

vanguard; advance guard

1

night burglar

1

split among friends; falling out; internal discord

1

to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence

1

to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be

1

contagion; infection

1

cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required

3

no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents

2

(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness

2

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

6

high profile; aggressive attitude

2

daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute

1

at present; now

1

to use all one's strength (ability)

1

full portrait; whole aspect; full story

1

stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

4

use of force

2

to eke out a living; to barely manage to get by

1

manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer

3

to wear a sword

1

sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

4

certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

2

Nihonbashitomizawachō

1

kimono fabrics shop; draper's shop

1

backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal

2

the passive; passive voice

1

shop; store

1

sponsors of rikishi or their stables

1

small profits and quick returns

2

bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely

6

clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly

1

regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion

1

one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N

1

paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed

1

to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)

1

sense of humiliation

1

to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

1

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

2

repechage; revival series

1

loser; defeated person; the defeated

1

to make use of; to lend money

1

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

1

need; want; necessity; expenses; cost

1

rubbing one's hands together

2

insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile

3

central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof

2

ryotei; traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)

3

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

3

a plan

3

in hand; on hand; on one; handheld

1