jpdb beta

to increase; to add to; to augment

2

advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation

1

creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit

1

out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent

1

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

10

stairs; stairway; staircase

6

wooden; made of wood

1

handrail; railing; banister

1

to call dibs; to establish a claim; (lit.) to spit on (thus preventing others from taking it)

1

building

3

period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture

1

act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major

2

omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct

4

connivance; overlooking

1

a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment

4

to be conspicuous; to stand out

2

(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar

3

ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price

5

to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed

2

to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)

1

neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town

1

territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.

13

passing through without stopping; passing by

1

south

5

accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank

1

to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)

2

oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally

1

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

1

refusal; rejection

1

feigned ignorance; pretending not to know

1

coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person

1

explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

5

trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence

1

this occasion; at this time; now

4

(one's) son; penis

1

to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off

3

shame; compunction; remorse; shame felt towards oneself and others

1

utmost limit; extremity; result

1

apology

1

please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail

1

prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees

1

self-protection

1

to be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor

1

lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly

1

carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)

1

breakfast

2

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily

1

greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)

3

to leave; to depart; to take one's leave

2

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

1