jpdb beta

postponement; deferment; adjournment

2

to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)

1

to return; to come back

1

train; electric train

12

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

1

desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

1

(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch

1

breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening

1

to look stern

3

improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy

1

cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...

1

misfire

1

to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge

1

to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)

3

intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)

4

to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

3

thank you very much

3

in the future; another day; later

2

thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue

4

passing mark; qualifying marks (score)

1

complaint; troubles; objection; grievance

1

sounding continuously (phone, alarm, etc.)

1

for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

1

to complete decisively; to do to completion

1

to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again

1

regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)

2

three-legged race; cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem

1

lighten up!; cheer up!

2

living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet

1

redoing

7

absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous

1

to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

6

leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure

2

congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!

4

never mind!; don't worry about it

1

orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration

1

hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh

2

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

1

older sister; elder sister

10

anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

2

to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce

1

place to die; place of death

1

profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

2

to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

6

(discount rate) negative spread; loss margin; back spread; downturn

1

getting back together; being reconciled; returning to normal

1

time warp; time travel

2

sworn younger brother; junior male peer (in a club, group, etc.)

1

buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end

4

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

1