jpdb beta

stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate

2

geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character

2

solid (body); solid matter; solid-state

1

dogtooth violet (Erythronium japonicum)

1

potato starch; starch of dogtooth violet

1

device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement

13

foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity

2

dry season

1

tombstone; gravestone

1

guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

6

riparian works; flood-control works

2

crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration

3

to jump upon (a moving object)

1

vast (ocean, desert, etc.); boundless; vague (e.g. memories); unclear; rampant (weeds, etc.); running wild

1

blood relative

5

to make a (government) grant; to release (a criminal)

2

discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure

1

one-eyed; first (in a series); initial

7

pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

2

pigeon house; dovecote

7

free range breeding; pasturing; grazing; letting run free (dog, child, etc.)

4

(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah

2

ankle

4

scribble; scrawl

1

pattern; design

1

habit; behavior; behaviour; trait

7

means of communication; media of communication; organ of communication; tool of communication

4

conscience

4

to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

1

sufferings; ordeals; agony; Passion (of Christ); crucifixion

2

lake (in place names)

1

really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

2

fragment; one of the group or party

1

receiving; acceptance; reception

1

without sparing time for sleep

1

adding; addition; extra

1

prevention is better than cure; an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; look before you leap; forewarned is forearmed; a stitch in time saves nine; (lit.) a walking stick before stumbling

1

sinner; evildoer; wrongdoer

2

work; labor; labour; toil

1

cultivation; farming

3

cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation

8

spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell

1

working one's way up; self-made person; veteran

1

hunger; starvation

2

to think of; to come up with

1

remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude

1

intimidating air; sense of intimidation

4

leaving (it) to others

1

abode of demons; hotbed (of graft); pandemonium

5

to hold fast; to protect to the end

1