jpdb beta

to gain strength; to have energy

1

by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through

1

ideally; if one were to wish for more

2

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

3

asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible

2

energy; vitality; mental determination

1

footwork (in martial arts, sports, etc.)

2

ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

5

to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up

2

pit of the stomach; solar plexus

3

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

1

well bucket

1

upper arm

3

marrow; pith; centre; center; bottom of one's heart

1

wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)

3

thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish

3

to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to

2

mysterious person

1

close thicket; dense forest; jungle; amazon.com

1

to cover one's face

1

to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle

5

to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone

4

especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

8

shell; cannonball

1

eye of a needle

2

misfire

2

to run about; to rush about

2

pitcher

1

speed (per hour)

3

evening; night; nighttime

1

supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack

1

to cheer up

1

soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)

7

(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper

6

wriggling; squirming; maneuvering; mischief; despicable acts

4

to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees

2

sauna

1

groan; moan; moaning

1

simmering; (boiling) gently

3

setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement

4

envy

2

stinking of urine; childish; immature; inexperienced

1

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

20

full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end

3

revival; restoration; resuscitation

1

supremacy; predominance; being superior to

4

mother

3

carrier (of a disease-causing agent)

1

childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)

7

having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled

7