jpdb beta

to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

4

getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)

3

to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

6

having to be; must be; should be; ought to be

2

having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way

1

stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture

7

viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side

2

cease-fire; truce; armistice

8

serious wound; serious injury

3

serious damage; drubbing

3

to take time

11

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

23

having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism

6

truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity

2

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

5

psychological warfare

1

chasing out ogres; exterminating ogres

1

(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression

1

to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped

3

to tell (somebody) to (do something)

9

hot spring; mineral spring; salon offering beauty treatments, weight reduction, relaxation, etc.; spaghetti

2

to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel

2

to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up

2

shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

3

then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

7

getting carried away; going too far; overdoing

2

unloading; landing

1

to stare in wonder; to be amazed

14

stop

7

nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner

2

lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity

6

discipline; training; teaching manners

1

list; enumeration

1

suspicious person

2

safety; security

12

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

3

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

1

to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor

5

to smile (at someone)

6

to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips

7

to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

2

how many; how old

2

straw

1

unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very

4

lucky boy

1

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

4

just managing; with great difficulty

4

to hint at something

1

locomotive; engine

1

scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

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