jpdb beta

going (e.g. of a flight of stairs); length

1

thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp

1

this occasion; at this time; now

1

large profit; a killing

1

alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)

1

Imperial gift

1

corn (on the foot)

2

to fit in (snugly); to get stuck in; to get caught in; to get caught up in (a situation); to become deeply involved in; to get addicted to

1

battle dust; the tumult of war

1

to rally; to make a comeback

1

ten percent

1

kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre

2

to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round

1

nature; the natural world; realm of nature

1

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

1

pseudo; quasi; artificial; simulated

3

irrational number

1

subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental

1

fascinating; bewitching; dazzling; entrancing

1

pseudo; quasi; artificial; simulated

1

fuel consumption; gas mileage

1

staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement

1

Lisle; Lail; Lyle; Reil; Ryle

1

(great mental) resources; quick brain; resourcefulness; good wits

1

to well up; to burst; to arise

2

Dirty Hands (1948 play by Jean-Paul Sartre)

1

threatening letter; intimidating letter

1

public caning (60-100 strokes; second least severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)

3

measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel

1

high score

2

chatteringly; wittering on; prattling on; blathering on

1

to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

1

spiral pattern

1

butcher-bird prey impaled on twigs, thorns, etc. for later consumption

1

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

1

close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

1

to bridge (e.g. cultural divides, technical differences, etc.); to bring together

1

to crouch; to squat; to cower

1

honorific affix; honorific prefix

1

beyond imagination; unimaginable

1

as stated; verbatim; literally

1

feigned illness

1

complaint

1

in unison; as one; united

1

hakama; pleated skirt or loose-legged trousers worn over a kimono mainly on ceremonial occasions; (leaf) sheath; (sake bottle) stand

3

praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)

3

quicksand

3

gold dust; golden sand

3

fluid

1

seiken (karate proper fist); straight punch

1