jpdb beta

to die; (lit.) to become a star

4

to feel a chill run down one's spine

1

impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned

1

prognosis; aftereffects; recuperation; convalescence

1

troops; group members; team members

1

camouflage; disguise

2

peace; security; tranquility; tranquillity

1

extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism

1

creed; doctrine; dogma

4

desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

1

to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

1

they

1

to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in

1

domination of the world; world hegemony; world domination

1

to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do

4

one's principles and position

1

just kidding; Not!

1

mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity

3

scout; patrol; spy

3

to cause harm (to)

3

to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable

1

renting a room

1

selection

1

love letter

1

love letter

1

introductory remarks

1

live recording

1

compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

1

to single out

2

kindness; favor; favour

1

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)

3

both; together; jointly; simultaneously

1

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

2

to become hoarse

1

to catch a cold

2

shawm-like instrument played by street vendors (sometimes referred to as a flute)

1

one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key

2

hearsay; learning by hearsay

2

Wood Snake (42nd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)

1

celebration of complete recovery from illness

1

finger; one's finger

1

best in the world

1

rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer

1

boiling time

1

to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

4

a bundle; a hundred

1

draining hot water (e.g. from noodles)

1

to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with

1

(hen's) egg

1

to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle

1