jpdb beta

management; administration; operation

2

to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed

1

extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness

1

to claim victims; to leave casualties

1

terrain; geographical features; topography

1

being greatly in the red; taking a big loss; heavy deficit

1

letter; note; epistle; correspondence

1

(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means

2

showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy

4

to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

1

moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

6

previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session

5

to flutter (e.g. a flag)

1

coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt

3

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)

1

ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance

1

healthy; robust

1

long-established; old-established; traditional

1

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

1

face-to-face

1

standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high

1

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

1

precious; valuable

4

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

2

at a young age; while still young

1

to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly

1

user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift

1

completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot

2

military officer; naval officer

4

in a day; in a brief space of time

1

knowing; (an) acquaintance

4

(early) childhood

1

gifted education; special education for gifted children

1

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

1

serious; severe; grave; acute

4

shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources

1

to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight

1

drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained

1

difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress

2

to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

1

the latter

1

opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

2

(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director

2

ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum

1

group; mass

4

leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)

2

to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck

1

loser; the defeated

1

theism; god's teachings; Shenism; Chinese folk religion

1

(religious) faith; belief; creed

1