jpdb beta

plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)

1

weak; feeble

1

payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

1

to fight against; to oppose; to face

2

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

2

to take to task; to take it out on

3

bye; see you later

1

investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry

8

to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

2

navy

1

gun; cannon; artillery

3

to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install

1

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

2

feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection

4

disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation

1

upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes

1

mouth of river; estuary

2

destructive blast; blowing up; explosion

1

shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early

4

extreme; radical

1

walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring

8

to kill time

7

one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

8

traditional; conventional

7

(present) head of a family

9

to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

2

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

2

seeing one off; farewell; escort

8

waterfall; (arch.) rapids

16

to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post

4

like; as if; the same as

6

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

6

eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look

5

to show in; to usher in

7

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

9

to unfold; to unroll; to open

2

the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

4

waltz

3

so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case

5

what time; (lit.) which hour

5

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

12

pressingly; demandingly; hey! hey!; oi!

1

to buy a replacement; to replace by buying something new

6

to expel; to drive out

6

(in spite of) being old enough to know better

1

shin; shank; lower leg

1

to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of

1

(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess

1

extremely disappointing; extremely frustrating; mortifying; vexing

1

to neglect; to let alone

1