jpdb beta

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

1

passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

1

to wipe off; to wipe up

2

ticklish; embarrassing

1

suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy

2

eternal; unlimited; endless

1

screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)

1

before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)

1

beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

1

advantage; point in favor; point in favour

1

utility value

1

(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement

2

gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

1

I can't go on like this

1

high class; high grade; high rank; seniority

2

minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole

1

retaliation; revenge

1

to taste; to try (food or drink)

2

to be worth it; to pay

1

thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

1

sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic

1

grey; gray; ashen

1

wire

3

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

2

pumice stone

2

spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

1

being ...

1

appeal; call for something; request; axiom

1

dullard; indecisive person

1

strategy; tactics

1

to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

1

reference; allusion

1

to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone

2

to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out

8

to hesitate; to waver

2

to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down

1

calm; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity; appeasement; pacification

1

action; operation; effect; function

1

substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice

4

percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)

2

to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above

1

to get (someone's) help; to ask for help

1

winning over; placation; gentle persuasion

2

end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes

1

first person

1

fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown

2

hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)

1

constructive

1

to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

2

saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake

2