jpdb beta

straight line; beeline

3

(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look

1

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

7

corridor; hallway; passageway

25

Tokarev

2

to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

11

everybody; every last one of them; all

2

to break free of

1

to tighten; to press hard

3

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

23

groan; moan; moaning

6

magician; conjurer; illusionist

1

audience; spectator; spectators

4

to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed

6

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

11

playground

1

while in class

1

intimidating air; sense of intimidation

2

imperative form; command

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

15

type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching

1

sense of humiliation

7

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

11

calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind

28

target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)

2

ascertainment

1

violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement

13

to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)

3

(not so) much; (not) very

2

to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open

1

solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating

3

no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

12

wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

39

moving about; stirring about

5

to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject

1

ankle

8

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

13

trousers; pants

10

to put on (clothing, esp. new)

4

to cross one's legs

2

sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...

3

haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing

12

proud; boastful; bragging; conceited

1

guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)

54

right; privilege

1

self-satisfied look; triumphant expression

1

to pick up; to pick out

26

wrinkle; crease; ripple

3

eyeshadow

1

to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

7