jpdb beta

explanation; interpretation

3

menacing; threatening

1

to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love

4

affirmation; affirmative (logic)

4

to pursue

4

to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place

3

post war; after the war

1

in case of; at that time; at this time

2

night work

2

to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)

1

defeat; loss; reverse; setback

2

to be reduced to ...

2

hard struggle; strenuous effort

1

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

3

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

1

other worlds

2

one by one; in detail; minutely

2

existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive

2

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

3

under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)

3

night; nighttime

4

(mountain) ridge

4

injury; harm; evil influence; damage

4

tusk; fang

2

muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake

1

brand new

4

discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference

6

ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source

1

to thrust down; to push off

4

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

1

to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off

1

to shoot to death

5

shivering; trembling

7

to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely

1

no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

1

to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one

2

tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

3

serious wound; serious injury

2

to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)

4

to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out

2

bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood

1

to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)

9

column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

2

laws of nature; physical laws; physics

6

now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now

1

what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

1

to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

2

for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account

6

to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move

1