jpdb beta

to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)

10

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

4

metre; meter; meter; gauge

9

to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread

13

old unused well

3

way out; means to escape; escape route

4

down; below; downward

7

coal tar

2

muddy water; red-light district

18

to throw into

3

totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted

2

pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation

4

after death

50

human bones

2

to suck (or draw) out; to aspirate

2

few decades; many decades; several decades

5

to wash again; to reconsider

1

to fill in time; to stall (e.g. an audience)

1

abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!

6

breast pocket

1

diabetes; diabetes mellitus

4

insulin

1

pocket

2

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

4

to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy

3

personal; individual; private

36

mascot

9

slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery

7

effective control (over territory); working control

4

annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat

14

gossip; idle talk; chat

1

short; brief

3

had better ...; had better not ...

7

depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit

10

to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

3

as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

12

mobsters; gangsters

1

bodyguard

3

among these; between these; of these

2

seniority; long service

1

warmly; cordially; with tender care

4

hallucination; illusion

4

sedative; tranquilizer; tranquiliser

4

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)

6

unlocking

8

to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring

9

through a wall; on the other side of a wall

1

with a clink (click, clack)

2

to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)

7

to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

3