jpdb beta

playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal

1

systematization; systematisation; organization; organisation

2

to faint; to lose consciousness; to feel overwhelmed; to be astounded

2

few decades; many decades; several decades

3

long life

10

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

6

to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes

1

to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard

1

speck

1

patronage; protection

3

person who has great confidence (faith) in himself

2

self-righteous

2

coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast

1

coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy

1

the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there

4

square; rectangular

1

stone; made of stone

2

walking heavily; lumbering

1

appointment

1

time bell; chime of a time bell

1

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)

1

bento; Japanese box lunch

1

censorship; inspection; examination

2

being too late; losing one's final chance

6

another thing; exception; special case

1

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

5

resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy

3

to continue (to say)

1

not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

6

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

3

if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

2

to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes

2

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

15

(in one's) possession

1

to keep in mind; to memorize

2

raging storm

2

gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg

1

good and evil

3

one-sided

2

ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)

22

brickwork

3

through a wall; on the other side of a wall

1

nature of one's business; business instinct

2

business discussion; negotiation

2

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

2

depending on; dependent on

7

Jesus (Christ)

1

customer; client; patron

1

person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession

1

to palm off; to force a sale

3