jpdb beta

housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters

4

basis; foundation; grounds; authority

1

to get goosebumps

1

opinion; point of view; visual point

5

to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly

1

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

4

interval; break; pause; spare moment

9

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)

1

fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)

4

to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge

1

source of information; intelligence source; message source

1

to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted

1

to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with

1

recollection; reminiscence

2

back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary

1

to telephone; to call in; to ring in; to contact by phone

1

one cause; one reason; one factor

1

staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk

1

cooked rice; meal

1

experience; being accustomed (to something); poise in a critical situation

2

remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful

1

person who is ready to comment on every subject; ready critic

1

faint, ironic or bittersweet smile

2

throbbing with pain

3

looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to

3

several volumes (books)

5

advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint

3

even

1

weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation

1

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

3

facing upward

2

half a year; six months

3

to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy

21

I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead

1

to hesitate to say

2

to hang up; to end a telephone conversation

2

putting off; postponing

2

to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor

1

to act; to take action

2

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

1

nothing but; none other than

2

superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along the surface of something; being slippery

3

strong point; merit; virtue; advantage

2

princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue

8

maternal instinct

4

both; both sides; both parties

5

to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

2

to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone

1

to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)

1

to show up; to appear; to turn up

6