jpdb beta

to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

1

excessive; immoderate

2

physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

3

wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject

3

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

3

to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span

4

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

2

secret; private; surreptitious

2

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

7

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

4

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

1

disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

8

manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure

1

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

4

to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on

4

coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair; type; sort; lineage; breeding

2

saddle

1

to be needed; to be wanted

7

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

tusk; fang

1

exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

6

reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)

1

this (very thing); this precisely

6

god of war; (fig.) war hero

3

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

8

omniscient point of view (in narration)

1

this is why; this means; it is the case that

3

experience

4

unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

3

swift horse

1

son; penis

4

isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

3

bridge

10

cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

1

provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation

1

what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on

1

cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

2

to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely

3

other people's affairs; somebody else's problem

1

yell (of encouragement); cheering (esp. for a school sports team)

1

forward-bent posture

1

totally willing; fully motivated

2

that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go

3

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

1

intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary

1

signal

1

green (colour); green (energy, car, etc.); environmentally friendly; greenland; green space; green (on a golf course)

1

to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

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