jpdb beta

thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)

1

while passing each other

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

1

immediately following

3

throat; singing voice

1

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

2

to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback

2

throat

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

5

oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)

4

counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets

8

to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

1

clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

2

disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position

2

to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind

1

power

1

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

2

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

1

to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)

2

bright (esp. of the moon); broad and empty

1

to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up

2

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

4

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

1

bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely

2

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

2

to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

1

ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

1

(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?

2

inspection tour

1

(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy

1

employee; servant

3

long visit; overstaying

1

useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

1

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

3

to be hot on a person's heels

1

to throw oneself; to jump; to leap

1

to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout

1

gown; elegant dress; dressing gown; bathrobe

1

slipper; slippers

1

as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still

2

pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness

1

battle; game; bout

1

repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)

2

to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

1

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

2

you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber

1

shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck

1

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

3