jpdb beta

thorough; exhaustive; complete

3

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

1

indictment; prosecution; complaint

1

retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion

3

especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

3

just this side of; one step short of; on the brink

1

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

2

to humble someone

1

to recall; to remember

1

to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize

1

to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

6

general idea; concept; notion

1

the very thing; itself

26

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness

16

to tame; to win over

2

to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

11

to get (someone's) help; to ask for help

1

there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...

8

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

25

care; precaution; guarding; caution

9

that night; that evening; over the course of the evening

1

asleep (in bed); sick in bed

1

to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)

3

young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status

1

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

5

national road; national highway

5

mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object

12

multi-unit apartments; apartment complex

3

field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth

4

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

1

Sone

64

second-hand shop; recycle shop

2

being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability

2

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

3

junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends

2

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

1

farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists

2

dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre

2

used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)

1

guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests

4

poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

2

part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden

1

workbench; work table

2

soldering iron

2

base; basis; bedrock; platform

3

fifty; 50

1

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

2

white hair; grey hair; gray hair

1

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

6