jpdb beta

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

2

ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt

1

direct appeal

1

smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft

1

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

1

last days; the end; one's fate

1

to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)

1

to despise; to scorn; to look down on

1

to entertain; to treat

1

chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply

1

leaving to chance; leaving to fate

1

assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds

1

in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)

1

to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)

1

joke; playfulness; kidding around

1

to mimic; to imitate

1

ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness

1

body heat

1

to become coarse (e.g. of a texture); to turn rough; to turn gritty; to become sandy

1

incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting

1

to surface; to come to the top; to stand out (e.g. against a background)

1

realization; realisation

1

wicked; evil

1

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

2

achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization

1

contempt

3

timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)

1

plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking

1

to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring

1

screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)

1

call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

2

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

2

calamity; disaster; accident

1

to have an eye on; to zero in on

1

to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

1

hub

1

to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order

1

guest

13

to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings

1

absolute obedience; complete submission

1

costume

5

roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique

1

transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay

1

generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

4

physical examination; medical checkup; frisking; pat-down; search

1

to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to

1

perfume; scent

1

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

2

disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot

1

hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat

2