jpdb beta

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

space; room; airspace

11

navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre

11

looking depressed; long face

1

commanding a subordinate

1

fortune-telling; divination

1

won't you

1

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

2

three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again

1

our

1

older employee who does not have much actual work

1

to begin to turn

1

to concentrate one's effort (on something)

2

impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag

2

women and children

1

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

2

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

1

order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive

1

one-eyed; first (in a series); initial

1

giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)

1

several animals

2

to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

1

a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"

2

one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime

2

in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly

1

to come to a settlement

1

bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

1

rolling up one's sleeves

1

aria; singing; chanting

1

to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat

2

autumn rain; fall rain

1

lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)

1

snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

1

falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy

1

the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all

2

destination; whereabouts; future; prospects

1

to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see

1

curtain; bunting; act (in play)

5

in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)

1

to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate

1

for dear life; barely escaping alive

1

to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in

3

to breathe heavily

1

sit-in (i.e. in protest)

1

gasp; pant

1

to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer

2

to well up; to be overcome with emotion; to be close to tears

1

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

1

what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

1