jpdb beta

pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy

2

only one (person, thing); sole; highest; best; custom-made

3

to rewind

2

to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)

4

as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

3

entertainer

2

optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary

2

to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head

2

fighting spirit; (will to) fight

4

to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

2

corridor; hallway; passageway

6

filling (up); replenishing; filling in (tooth); loading (gun with ammunition, camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging

2

period; term; interval

3

one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke

1

currency

1

efficacy; benefit; efficiency; effect; result; success

1

coke (carbon fuel)

4

hair; fur; wool; down; plumage

3

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

3

predation; eating prey; preying upon

1

Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix

1

distribution map; distribution diagram

1

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

1

bristle

1

make good use of; make the most of

1

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of

4

carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)

1

great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured

7

yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game

4

silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)

1

area

4

purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge

2

when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

3

compass

4

cops; police

2

burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)

2

throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment

2

to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose

3

the last moment; the very end

4

form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)

4

fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)

6

to fold up; to fold into layers

3

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

5

Penthorum chinensis (species of saxifrage)

2

octopus

4

to grudge; to begrudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay

2

without

4

painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell

2