jpdb beta

scarce; few remaining

1

public power; governmental authority

1

curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar

3

accident

3

to ask the way

1

police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)

2

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

1

to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap

3

unlikely; improbable

1

before the gate; in front of the gate

1

Oriental country; the Orient

3

to throw in the towel

1

to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

4

consequently; as a result

1

to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A

1

high time; about time

1

to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)

2

inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony

2

cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless

37

counter for temples

39

clear; fresh; bright

5

to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with

3

principal occupation; core business

3

synthesizer; synthesiser

1

emotional scars; mental trauma

1

conversion; shift; about-face; switch

1

self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption

1

self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

2

all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain

1

simmering; (boiling) gently

1

change in a bus route; change in policy; policy change (reversal)

2

to be common

2

innocent; sensitive; uncomplicated; unpretentious; straightforward

1

insistence; (major) emphasis; stress

4

detour; diversion; alternative route

1

taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride

2

with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like

2

groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

1

one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money

1

to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)

3

completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak

1

obvious; transparent

1

laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet

2

gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam

1

traffic; traffic volume

1

elevation; high ground

1

amateur bands

1

talk; recital; narration; topic

5

uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

1

discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring

1